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dhrupad

dhrupad noun: a vocal genre in Hindustani classical music.

Noun

dhrupad (uncountable)

  1. A vocal genre in Hindustani classical music
    • Sitar prodigy Kartik Seshadri, now in his late 30s, began studying with Ravi Shankar in 1974, immersing himself in senia and dhrupad, a couple of distinctive northern Indian performing traditions.1996 September 20, Ted Shen, “Kartik Seshadri”, in Chicago Reader

dhrupad meaning in Hindi

dhrupad in Hindi

dhrupad
ध्रुपद dhrupad

Origin of dhrupad

Borrowed from Hindi ध्रुपद (dhrupad).

Questions about dhrupad

What does dhrupad mean?
Dhrupad means a vocal genre in Hindustani classical music.
What is dhrupad in Hindi?
Dhrupad in Hindi is ध्रुपद (dhrupad). See Dhrupad meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dhrupad?
Dhrupad is a noun.

Words near dhrupad in the dictionary

  1. Dhrishtadyumna
  2. Dhritarashtra
  3. dhrop
  4. dhrum
  5. dhrunk
  6. dhrupad
  7. Dhruva
  8. Dhrystone
  9. Dhrystones
  10. DHS
  11. DHSC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dhrupad (page history and authors); ध्रुपद (Hindi) (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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