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oppari

oppari noun: an impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died.

Noun

oppari (plural opparis)

  1. An impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died.

oppari meaning in Tamil

oppari in Tamil

oppari; a folk threnody involving lamentation by women making doleful reference to the personal appearance and good qualities of the deceased
ஒப்பாரி oppāri

Forms of oppari

pluralopparis

Origin of oppari

From Tamil ஒப்பாரி (oppāri).

Questions about oppari

What does oppari mean?
Oppari means an impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died.
What is oppari in Tamil?
Oppari in Tamil is ஒப்பாரி (oppāri). See Oppari meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oppari?
Oppari is a noun.
What is the plural of oppari?
The plural of oppari is opparis.

Words near oppari in the dictionary

  1. oppahs
  2. oppai
  3. oppai loli
  4. oppai lolis
  5. oppais
  6. oppari
  7. opparis
  8. oppas
  9. opped
  10. Oppedisano
  11. Oppedisanos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: oppari (page history and authors); ஒப்பாரி (Tamil) (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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