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folk music meaning in Kannada

ಜಾನಪದ ಸಂಗೀತ

folk music in Kannada: ಜಾನಪದ ಸಂಗೀತ. In English, folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

Kannada words for folk music

ಜಾನಪದ ಸಂಗೀತ

English meaning of folk music

  1. noun Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
  2. noun Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.

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Questions about folk music in Kannada

What is the meaning of folk music in Kannada?
Folk music in Kannada is ಜಾನಪದ ಸಂಗೀತ.
folk music ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Folk music: ಜಾನಪದ ಸಂಗೀತ.
What does folk music mean in English?
Folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: folk music (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: folk music (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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