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doina

doina noun: a kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been adopted into klezmer (Ashkenazi Jewish) music.

Noun

doina (plural doinas)

  1. A kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been adopted into klezmer (Ashkenazi Jewish) music.
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Forms of doina

pluraldoinas
alternative formdoyna
alternative formdoyne

Origin of doina

Borrowed from Romanian doină.

Questions about doina

What does doina mean?
Doina means a kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been adopted into klezmer (Ashkenazi Jewish) music.
What part of speech is doina?
Doina is a noun.
What is the plural of doina?
The plural of doina is doinas.

Words near doina in the dictionary

  1. doilies
  2. Doilungdêqên
  3. doily
  4. doin
  5. doin'
  6. doina
  7. doinas
  8. doing
  9. doing a bit of stiff
  10. doing a Bradbury
  11. doing a bunk

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