dotara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.

Word forms

dotara dotaras dotar

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali দোতারা (dōtara) and Assamese দোতাৰা (dütara), from Persian دوتار (do târ) with the Bengali-Assamese suffix -আ (-a, “having, -ed”).

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