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pakhawaj

pakhawaj is the alternative form of pakhavaj.

Meaning of pakhavaj

Noun

pakhavaj (plural pakhavajs)

  1. An Indian barrel-shaped, two-headed drum, a variant and descendant of the mridang.
    • We are all season clappers and along with the pakhawaj, we give the beat.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 181

Forms of pakhawaj

pluralpakhawajs

Questions about pakhawaj

What is pakhawaj the alternative form of?
Pakhawaj is the alternative form of pakhavaj.

Words near pakhawaj in the dictionary

  1. Pakhangba
  2. Pakhangbaism
  3. Pakhangpa
  4. pakhavaj
  5. pakhavajs
  6. pakhawaj
  7. pakhawajs
  8. Pakhoi
  9. Pakhom
  10. Pakhons
  11. Pakhto

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