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ektara

ektara noun: a single-stringed string instrument of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

ektara: a single-stringed string instrument of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
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Noun

ektara (plural ektaras)

  1. A single-stringed string instrument of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
    • The fingers of her right hand were strumming an ektara.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 131
    Synonyms:
    iktar, ektar, gopichand

ektara meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi

ektara in Hindi

a one string instrument
इकतारा iktārā

ektara in Bengali

a one string instrument
একতারা ektara

ektara in Punjabi

a one string instrument
ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ ika tārā

Synonyms of ektara

Forms of ektara

pluralektaras
alternative formectara

Questions about ektara

What does ektara mean?
Ektara means a single-stringed string instrument of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
What is ektara in Hindi?
Ektara in Hindi is इकतारा (iktārā). See Ektara meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ektara?
Ektara is a noun.
What is the plural of ektara?
The plural of ektara is ektaras.

Words near ektara in the dictionary

  1. ektacytometric
  2. ektacytometrically
  3. ektacytometry
  4. ektaphelenchid
  5. ektaphelenchids
  6. ektara
  7. ektaras
  8. ektene
  9. ektenes
  10. ektenia
  11. ektenias

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