jugalbandi

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noun

a kind of duet in Indian classical music.

OriginHindi जुगलबंदी ← Bengali যুগলবন্ধী →
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Meanings

nounjugalbandi (plural jugalbandis)

plural jugalbandis · alternative jugalbandhi

  1. BangladeshIndiaNepalPakistanSouth Asiaentertainmenta kind of duet in Indian classical music.

    I was left to play my part, grudgingly, in the eternal jugalbandi of tourist life: ‘Boat, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Rickshaw, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’

    2009, Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, Canongate, published 2015, page 226

Origin

  1. Bengaliযুগলবন্ধী
  2. Hindiजुगलबंदी
  3. Englishjugalbandi

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जुगलबंदी (jugalbandī) / Urdu) and/or Bengali যুগলবন্ধী (juglobondhi).

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