Etymology

damaru

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Today it means: a drum having two heads opposite one another, commonly used in the Hindu and Buddhist religions. Full definition →

Hindi डमरू ← Urdu ڈَمَرُو ← Sanskrit डमरु
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The story

  1. Tibetan · borrowed fromཌ་མ་རུ
  2. Sanskrit · borrowed fromडमरु
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromڈَمَرُو
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromडमरू
  5. English todaydamaru

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi डमरू (ḍamrū) / Urdu ڈَمَرُو (ḍamarū)), Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru) and Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ (ḍa ma ru).

Words from the same roots

Sanskritडमरु all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.