English Explanatory Dictionary

ravanahatha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient bowed stringed instrument of India, Sri Lanka, and surrounding areas, possibly an ancestor of the violin.

Word forms

ravanahatha ravanahathas ravanhatta rawanhattha ravanastron

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from many Indic languages, most likely from Hindi रावण हत्था (rāvaṇ hatthā).

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