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chenda

chenda noun: a type of percussion instrument used in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Noun

chenda (plural chendas)

  1. A type of percussion instrument used in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Proper noun capitalized: Chenda

Chenda

  1. A unisex given name from Khmer.

Forms of chenda

pluralchendas

Origin of chenda

Borrowed from Khmer ចិន្ដា (cendaa)

Questions about chenda

What does chenda mean?
Chenda means a type of percussion instrument used in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
What part of speech is chenda?
Chenda can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of chenda?
The plural of chenda is chendas.

Words near chenda in the dictionary

  1. Chencang
  2. chenchalok
  3. Chenchu
  4. Chenchus
  5. chenco
  6. chenda
  7. chendol
  8. Chenequa
  9. Chenery
  10. Chenerys
  11. chenet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chenda (page history and authors); Chenda (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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