mridangam
/mɹɪˈdʌŋ.ɡəm/
mridangam noun: a percussion instrument used in southern Indian music, consisting of a two-sided drum whose body is usually made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood.
Noun
mridangam (plural mridangams)
- A percussion instrument used in southern Indian music, consisting of a two-sided drum whose body is usually made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood.
- A sarangi player set the tone and Kalavati began to sing in her sweet, melodious voce; mridangam and sitar accompanied her.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 145
mridangam meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
mridangam in Hindi
- mridangam
- मृदंग mŕdaṅg
mridangam in Tamil
- mridangam, a kind of drum
- மிருதங்கம் mirutaṅkam
mridangam in Telugu
- mridangam
- మృదంగం mr̥daṅgaṁ
mridangam in Malayalam
- mridangam
- മൃദംഗം mr̥daṅgaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- mridangam in Sanskrit
- मृदङ्ग mṛdaṅga
Forms of mridangam
| plural | mridangams |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mridang |
| alternative form | mrudang |
| alternative form | mridanga |
| alternative form | mrudanga |
| alternative form | mrudangam |
| alternative form | mrdangam |
| alternative form | mrithangam |
| alternative form | miruthangam |
| alternative form | mirudhangam |
Origin of mridangam
Borrowed from Malayalam മൃദംഗം (mr̥daṅgaṁ), from Sanskrit मृदङ्ग (mṛdaṅga). Alternative forms are from various other Indian languages such as miruthangam, mirudhangam are borrowed from Tamil மிருதங்கம் (mirutaṅkam), mridang from Hindi मृदङ्ग (mŕdaṅg) etc.
Questions about mridangam
- What does mridangam mean?
- Mridangam means a percussion instrument used in southern Indian music, consisting of a two-sided drum whose body is usually made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood.
- What is mridangam in Hindi?
- Mridangam in Hindi is मृदंग (mŕdaṅg). See Mridangam meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mridangam?
- Mridangam is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mridangam?
- Mridangam is pronounced /mɹɪˈdʌŋ.ɡəm/.
- What is the plural of mridangam?
- The plural of mridangam is mridangams.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mridangam (page history and authors); मृदंग (Hindi) (page history and authors); மிருதங்கம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); మృదంగం (Telugu) (page history and authors); മൃദംഗം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); मृदङ्ग (Sanskrit) (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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