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parai

parai noun: a type of percussion instrument used in the parai attam dance associated with Tamil culture.

Noun

parai (plural parais)

  1. A type of percussion instrument used in the parai attam dance associated with Tamil culture.

parai meaning in Tamil

parai in Tamil

Parai, a traditional type of drum played in Tamil festivals and folk dances
பறை paṟai

Forms of parai

pluralparais

Questions about parai

What does parai mean?
Parai means a type of percussion instrument used in the parai attam dance associated with Tamil culture.
What is parai in Tamil?
Parai in Tamil is பறை (paṟai). See Parai meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parai?
Parai is a noun.
What is the plural of parai?
The plural of parai is parais.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parai (page history and authors); பறை (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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