Meanings
nounH-pop (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentHindutva pop music; Indian nationalist pop music.
On another occasion, H-pop singer Kanhiya Mittal sang a duet with a BJP lawmaker whose lyrics read “the saffron is getting deeper”, a reference to the colour of Hinduism and the BJP's own party colours, […]
2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9
Origin
From H (“Hindutva”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.
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APA
H-pop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/H-pop
MLA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “H-pop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/H-pop.
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