folk music in Arabic
مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة mūsīqā fulklūriyya
folk music in Arabic: مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة (mūsīqā fulklūriyya). In English, folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
Arabic words for folk music
- music originating from a specific region
- مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة mūsīqā fulklūriyya
English meaning of folk music
- noun Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
- noun Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.
folk music in other languages
Questions about folk music in Arabic
- What is the meaning of folk music in Arabic?
- Folk music in Arabic is مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة (mūsīqā fulklūriyya).
- ما معنى كلمة folk music؟
- Folk music: مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة (mūsīqā fulklūriyya).
- What does folk music mean in English?
- Folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: folk music (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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