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paranda

paranda noun: a decoration for a braid tassel.

Noun (1)

paranda (plural parandas)

  1. A decoration for a braid tassel.
    • This woman's hair-braid ornament variously called paranda, phundri, chotiu, or balchoti is used all over India.1997, Oppi Untracht, Traditional jewelry of India, page 370

Noun (2)

paranda (uncountable)

  1. A style of acoustic Garifuna music that is influenced by Spanish music, and which consists primarily of ballads.
    • Punta rock songs are usually composed by men and are most often based on the rhythm and/or text of existing punta and paranda songs. Paranda songs are Spanish-influenced songs composed and performed by men, with a duple-meter rhythm very similar to that of punta.2005, John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 2
    • Despite the efforts of Andy Pand many others in the struggle for cultural sensitivity in Central America, and although paranda musician Aurelio Martinez, 31, was elected in 2005 along with two other Garifuna representatives to the National Congress of Honduras, making history as the first Garifuna...2008, The Beat - Volume 27, Issues 1-4, page 34
    Synonyms:
    parang

Proper noun capitalized: Paranda

Paranda

  1. A city in Maharashtra.
  2. A style of Garifuna music.

paranda meaning in Punjabi

paranda in Punjabi

paranda
ਪਰਾਂਦੀ parāndī

Synonyms of paranda

Forms of paranda

pluralparandas

Origin of paranda

Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

Questions about paranda

What does paranda mean?
Paranda means a decoration for a braid tassel.
What is paranda in Punjabi?
Paranda in Punjabi is ਪਰਾਂਦੀ (parāndī). See Paranda meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is paranda?
Paranda can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of paranda?
The plural of paranda is parandas.

Words near paranda in the dictionary

  1. paranatisite
  2. paranatrolite
  3. paranatural
  4. paranaturals
  5. Paranaíba
  6. paranda
  7. parandas
  8. parandero
  9. paranderos
  10. parandja
  11. parandjas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paranda (page history and authors); Paranda (page history and authors); ਪਰਾਂਦੀ (Punjabi) (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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