dumka

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dŏŏmkə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dum•ka  (dŏŏmkə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ky (-kē).USA pronunciation 
  1. Music and Dancea Slavic folk song that alternates in character between sadness and gaiety.
  2. Music and Dancean instrumental composition or movement imitative of such a folk song.
  • Ukrainian dúmka, origin, originally diminutive of dúma a genre of narrative folk poetry; see duma
  • Czech
  • 1890–95


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