name
Meaning 1
A city in Jharkhand, India.
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Standard Lemma guide
dumka
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name
Meaning 2
A district of Jharkhand, India.
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noun
Meaning 3
A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
An individual composition in this genre.
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Usage: countable
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History
Etymology
From Ukrainian ду́мка (dúmka), diminutive of ду́ма (dúma, “sung epic poem”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Angika: दुमका (dumkā) — city
- Bengali: দুমকা (dumka) — city
- Bhojpuri: दुमका (duməkā) — city
- Bihari: दुमका — city
- Chinese Cantonese: 丼卡 (dam2 kaa1) — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 杜姆卡 (dùmǔkǎ) — city
- Hindi: दुमका (dumkā) — city
- Maithili: दुमका (duməkā) — city
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: দুমকা — city
- Marathi: डुमका (ḍumkā) — city
- Newar: दुम्का (dumkā) — city
- Odia: ଡୁମକା (ḍumakā) — city
- Punjabi: دمکا (dmkā) — city
- Sanskrit: दुमका (dumakā) — city
- Santali: ᱫᱩᱢᱠᱟᱹ (dumkă) — city
- Tamil: தும்கா (tumkā) — city
- Telugu: దుమ్కా (dumkā) — city
- Urdu: دمکا — city
- Angika: दुमका (dumkā) — district
- Bengali: দুমকা (dumka) — district
- Bhojpuri: दुमका (duməkā) — district
- Chinese Mandarin: 敦卡縣 /敦卡县 (dūnkǎxiàn) — district
- Gujarati: દુમકા (dumkā) — district
- Hindi: दुमका (dumkā) — district
- Maithili: दुमका (duməkā) — district
- Marathi: डुमका (ḍumkā) — district
- Nepali: दुमका (dumkā) — district
- Santali: ᱫᱩᱢᱠᱟᱹ (dumkă) — district
- Tamil: தும்கா (tumkā) — district
- Telugu: దుమ్కా (dumkā) — district
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