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yazh

/jɑːɻ/

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India/jɑːl/

yazh noun: a fretless harp of ancient Tamil origin, with a variable number of gut strings, characterized by a boat-shaped resonator.

Noun

yazh (plural yazhs)

  1. A fretless harp of ancient Tamil origin, with a variable number of gut strings, characterized by a boat-shaped resonator.

yazh meaning in Tamil

yazh in Tamil

yazh, a traditional Tamil musical instrument
யாழ் yāḻ

Forms of yazh

pluralyazhs
alternative formyaazh
alternative formyal
alternative formyaal

Origin of yazh

Borrowed from Tamil யாழ் (yāḻ).

Questions about yazh

What does yazh mean?
Yazh means a fretless harp of ancient Tamil origin, with a variable number of gut strings, characterized by a boat-shaped resonator.
What is yazh in Tamil?
Yazh in Tamil is யாழ் (yāḻ). See Yazh meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is yazh?
Yazh is a noun.
How do you pronounce yazh?
Yazh is pronounced /jɑːl/ (India).
What is the plural of yazh?
The plural of yazh is yazhs.

Words near yazh in the dictionary

  1. Yazdegerdian
  2. Yazghulami
  3. Yazgulam
  4. Yazgulyam
  5. Yazgulyami
  6. yazh
  7. Yazhou
  8. yazhs
  9. Yazidi
  10. yazidiat
  11. Yazidiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yazh (page history and authors); யாழ் (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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