Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urumi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: uru-mi
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Indian sword with a flexible whip-like blade.

noun

A double-headed hourglass drum from south India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam ഉറുമി (uṟumi) / Tamil உறுமி (uṟumi).

Word Breakdown

Root: உறுமி

Inflected Forms

urumis (plural)

Questions

What does urumi mean?: An Indian sword with a flexible whip-like blade.
Where does urumi come from?: Borrowed from Malayalam ഉറുമി (uṟumi) / Tamil உறுமி (uṟumi).

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