Dumka Definition

do͝omkə
noun
A song, especially a Slavic folk song, that has alternating happy and sad passages.
American Heritage

A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Dumka

Noun

Singular:
dumka
Plural:
dumky

Origin of Dumka

  • Slovak Ukrainian folk song from Ukrainian diminutive of duma thought, memory, narrative poem of Germanic origin dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ukrainian думка (dúmka), diminutive of дума (dúma, “sung epic poem").

    From Wiktionary

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