pakhavaj

English

Alternative forms

pakhawaj

Etymology

From Hindi पखावज (pakhāvaj), from Prakrit, from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈkɑːwʌdʒ/

Noun

pakhavaj (plural pakhavajs)

(music) An Indian barrel-shaped, two-headed drum, a variant and descendant of the mridang.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 181:
  We are all season clappers and along with the pakhawaj, we give the beat.

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