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tanmani

tanmani noun: a type of traditional Indian jewelry that can include necklaces, earrings, and sets. Tanmani can be made from a variety of materials, including brass, silver, and gold-plated silver and may feature pearls, semi-precious stones, or zircons.

Noun

tanmani (plural tanmanis)

  1. A type of traditional Indian jewelry that can include necklaces, earrings, and sets. Tanmani can be made from a variety of materials, including brass, silver, and gold-plated silver and may feature pearls, semi-precious stones, or zircons.
    • The neck ornaments are tanmani or beads of life, a light pearl necklace, kanthi a gold chain, and gopa or protector, chains of rich gold, navaratnada kanthi or the nine-jewelled string of nine kinds of precious stones, multin of pearl, vajrad of diamonds, and kempin of rubies.1884, Sir James MacNabb Campbell, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, volume XXII Dháwár, Government Central Press, page 65
    • Samvat 1937, Akhad Sud 9th, paid Rs. 28 in cash and received the earring (Tanmani).1913, Unreported Printed Judgments of the Bombay High Court, 1884-1887, volume 5, page 7

Forms of tanmani

pluraltanmanis

Questions about tanmani

What does tanmani mean?
Tanmani means a type of traditional Indian jewelry that can include necklaces, earrings, and sets. Tanmani can be made from a variety of materials, including brass, silver, and gold-plated silver and may feature pearls, semi-precious stones, or zircons.
What part of speech is tanmani?
Tanmani is a noun.
What is the plural of tanmani?
The plural of tanmani is tanmanis.

Words near tanmani in the dictionary

  1. Tanlay
  2. tanline
  3. tanlines
  4. tanling
  5. tanlings
  6. tanmani
  7. tanmanis
  8. Tann
  9. tann-
  10. tanna
  11. tannability

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