"thumri" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thumris [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi ठुमरी (ṭhumrī). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|hi|ठुमरी}} Hindi ठुमरी (ṭhumrī) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} thumri (countable and uncountable, plural thumris)
  1. A genre of light classical north Indian music. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres
    Sense id: en-thumri-en-noun-z5~c4JH3 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 88 12
  2. An individual piece of music in this style. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-thumri-en-noun-YVuJzqEu

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