Etymology

kirtan

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Today it means: A call-and-response chant performed in India's devotional traditions. Full definition →

Sanskrit कीर्तन
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromकीर्तन“narrating”
  2. English todaykirtan

From Sanskrit कीर्तन (kīrtana, “narrating”).

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