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dumka

dumka noun: a genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.

Noun

dumka (countable and uncountable, plural dumkas or dumky)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
  2. (countable) An individual composition in this genre.

Proper noun capitalized: Dumka

Dumka

  1. A city in Jharkhand, India.
  2. A district of Jharkhand, India.

Forms of dumka

pluraldumkas
pluraldumky

Origin of dumka

From Ukrainian ду́мка (dúmka), diminutive of ду́ма (dúma, “sung epic poem”).

Questions about dumka

What does dumka mean?
Dumka means a genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
What part of speech is dumka?
Dumka can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of dumka?
The plural of dumka is dumkas.

Words near dumka in the dictionary

  1. Dumi
  2. Dumingag
  3. Dumitra
  4. Dumitrescu
  5. Dumitrești
  6. dumka
  7. dumkas
  8. Dumke
  9. Dumkes
  10. dumky
  11. Dumlan

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