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khanjiri

khanjiri is the alternative form of kanjira.

Meaning of kanjira

Noun

kanjira (plural kanjiras)

  1. A South Indian frame drum, similar to the tambourine.
    • Mr. Mahadevan also sang winningly (but often wordlessly) throughout the concert’s second half, alongside Mr. Hussain, the mandolinist U. Shrinivas and the percussionist V. Selvaganesh, whose specialty is the kanjira, a small hand drum with an expressive range of pitch.2009 May 1, Nate Chinen, “Bringing Along Friends Who Can Add to the Beat”, in New York Times

Questions about khanjiri

What is khanjiri the alternative form of?
Khanjiri is the alternative form of kanjira.

Words near khanjiri in the dictionary

  1. khanjari
  2. khanjars
  3. khanjee
  4. khanjees
  5. khanji
  6. khanjiri
  7. khanjis
  8. khanka
  9. khankah
  10. khankahs
  11. khankas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: khanjiri (page history and authors); kanjira (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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