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folk music meaning in Urdu

لوک مُوسِیقِی lok mūsīqī

folk music in Urdu: لوک مُوسِیقِی (lok mūsīqī). In English, folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

Urdu words for folk music

music originating from a specific region
لوک مُوسِیقِی lok mūsīqī

English meaning of folk music

  1. noun Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
  2. noun Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.

Full definition of folk music

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Questions about folk music in Urdu

What is the meaning of folk music in Urdu?
Folk music in Urdu is لوک مُوسِیقِی (lok mūsīqī).
folk music کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Folk music: لوک مُوسِیقِی (lok mūsīqī).
What does folk music mean in English?
Folk music means any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: folk music (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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