sarangi
sarangi noun: a bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
Noun
sarangi (plural sarangis)
- A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
- 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
sarangi meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
sarangi in Hindi
- North Indian bowed string instrument
- सारंगी sāraṅgī
sarangi in Urdu
- North Indian bowed string instrument
- سارنگی sāraṅgī
sarangi in Telugu
- North Indian bowed string instrument
- సారంగి sāraṅgi
sarangi in Malayalam
- North Indian bowed string instrument
- സാരംഗി sāraṅgi
More languagesFewer languages
- sarangi in Punjabi
- ਸਾਰੰਗੀ sāraṅgī
- sarangi in Gujarati
- સારંગી sāraṅgī
- sarangi in Sanskrit
- सारङ्गी sāraṅgī
- sarangi in Nepali
- सारंगी sāraṅgī
Forms of sarangi
| plural | sarangis |
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Origin of sarangi
From Hindi सारंगी (sāraṅgī).
Words formed from sarangi
Questions about sarangi
- What does sarangi mean?
- Sarangi means a bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
- What is sarangi in Hindi?
- Sarangi in Hindi is सारंगी (sāraṅgī). See Sarangi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sarangi?
- Sarangi is a noun.
- What is the plural of sarangi?
- The plural of sarangi is sarangis.
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