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dotara

dotara noun: a stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.

Noun

dotara (plural dotaras)

  1. A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.

dotara meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Assamese

dotara in Hindi

Instrument
दोतारा dotārā, दुतारा dutārā

dotara in Bengali

Instrument
দোতারা dōtara

dotara in Assamese

Instrument
দোতোৰা dütüra, দোতাৰা dütara

Forms of dotara

pluraldotaras
alternative formdotar

Origin of dotara

Borrowed from Bengali দোতারা (dōtara) and Assamese দোতাৰা (dütara), from Persian دوتار (do târ) with the Bengali-Assamese suffix -আ (-a, “having, -ed”).

Words formed from dotara

Questions about dotara

What does dotara mean?
Dotara means a stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.
What is dotara in Hindi?
Dotara in Hindi is दोतारा (dotārā), दुतारा (dutārā). See Dotara meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dotara?
Dotara is a noun.
What is the plural of dotara?
The plural of dotara is dotaras.

Words near dotara in the dictionary

  1. dotakus
  2. dotal
  3. dotant
  4. dotants
  5. dotar
  6. dotara
  7. dotaras
  8. dotard
  9. dotardism
  10. dotardly
  11. dotardness

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