dotara

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noun

A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.

OriginBengali দোতারা ← as দোতাৰা ← Persian دوتار →
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Meanings

noundotara (plural dotaras)

plural dotaras · alternative dotar

  1. A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.

Origin

  1. Persianدوتار
  2. asদোতাৰা
  3. Bengaliদোতারা
  4. Englishdotara

Borrowed from Bengali দোতারা (dōtara) and Assamese দোতাৰা (dütara), from Persian دوتار (do târ) with the Bengali-Assamese suffix -আ (-a, “having, -ed”).

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Translations

Bengali দোতারা
  • দোতারা (dōtara)Instrument
French dotâr
  • dotârInstrument
Hindi दोतारा, दुतारा
  • दोतारा (dotārā)Instrument
  • दुतारा (dutārā)Instrument
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APA

dotara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotara

MLA

“dotara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotara. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dotara,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotara.

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