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ghatams

ghatams is the plural of ghatam.

Meaning of ghatam

Noun

ghatam (plural ghatams)

  1. An earthenware pot used as a percussion instrument in the Carnatic music of South India.
    • For a stretch, this cohort made additional room for T. H. Vinayakram, an expert on the ghatam, an earthenware pot played with thrummed fingers or open palms.2009 May 1, Nate Chinen, “Bringing Along Friends Who Can Add to the Beat”, in New York Times

Questions about ghatams

What is ghatams the plural of?
Ghatams is the plural of ghatam.

Words near ghatams in the dictionary

  1. ghastly
  2. ghastness
  3. ghasts
  4. ghat
  5. ghatam
  6. ghatams
  7. Ghatotkacha
  8. ghats
  9. Ghattamaneni
  10. ghatwal
  11. ghatwali

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