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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindi पखावज (pakhāvaj).
Pronunciation[edit]
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.