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jugalbandi

jugalbandi noun: a kind of duet in Indian classical music.

Noun

jugalbandi (plural jugalbandis)

  1. (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia) a kind of duet in Indian classical music.
    • I was left to play my part, grudgingly, in the eternal jugalbandi of tourist life: ‘Boat, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Rickshaw, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’2009, Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, Canongate, published 2015, page 226

jugalbandi meaning in Hindi

jugalbandi in Hindi

jugalbandi; a duet
जुगलबंदी jugalbandī

Forms of jugalbandi

pluraljugalbandis
alternative formjugalbandhi

Origin of jugalbandi

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जुगलबंदी (jugalbandī) / Urdu) and/or Bengali যুগলবন্ধী (juglobondhi).

Questions about jugalbandi

What does jugalbandi mean?
Jugalbandi means a kind of duet in Indian classical music.
What is jugalbandi in Hindi?
Jugalbandi in Hindi is जुगलबंदी (jugalbandī). See Jugalbandi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is jugalbandi?
Jugalbandi is a noun.
What is the plural of jugalbandi?
The plural of jugalbandi is jugalbandis.

Words near jugalbandi in the dictionary

  1. jugaadu
  2. jugae
  3. jugal
  4. jugalbandhi
  5. jugalbandhis
  6. jugalbandi
  7. jugalbandis
  8. jugale
  9. jugals
  10. jugary
  11. Jugashvili

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jugalbandi (page history and authors); जुगलबंदी (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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