डंका

Inherited from Prakrit *डंक (ḍaṃka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖəŋ.kɑː/, [ɖɐ̃ŋ.käː]

डंका • (ḍaṅkā) m (Urdu spelling ڈَنْکا)

1. a drum or kettledrum

   डंका बजाना/पीटना

   ḍaṅkā bajānā/pīṭnā

   To announce or make public.

   (literally, “to beat the drum [as to get attention]”)

   घर आकर रवि ने अपनी जीत का डंका बजा दिया।

   ghar ākar ravi ne apnī jīt kā ḍaṅkā bajā diyā.

   After coming home, Ravi announced his victory.

   डंका बजना

   ḍaṅkā bajnā

   To be made public; to be famous

   (literally, “[for a] drum to be beaten”)

   इस पूरे शहर में हमारे नाम का डंका बजता है।

   is pūre śahar mẽ hamāre nām kā ḍaṅkā bajtā hai.

   In this entire city I am famous [lit. a drum is beaten in my name]

• ढोल (ḍhol)
• नगाड़ा (nagāṛā)
• ड्रम (ḍram)
• धौंसा (dha͠usā)

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