Etymology

khartal

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Today it means: A type of ancient South Asian castanet-like percussion instrument Full definition →

Hindi खड़ताल ← Sanskrit कर
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromताल“clap”
  2. Sanskrit · derived fromकर“hand”
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromखड़ताल
  4. English todaykhartal

From Hindi खड़ताल (khaṛtāl), itself originally derived from Sanskrit कर (kara, “hand”) + Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “clap”)

Words from the same roots

Sanskritताल all →

tala

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.