sangeet
/sʌnˈɡiːt
/noun
A celebration held before a Hindu wedding ceremony for the bride-to-be and her female friends and relatives.Giving us all the details, Ganesh says, "The sangeet is not a professional thing for me....
- Some ads also feature women: at a ladies' sangeet, where women advise each other on condom usage as a contraceptive and preventive against STDs.
- The mirasis sang wedding songs throughout the ' ladies ' sangeet ' night and the entire village was invited to a feast at our house the next day.
Origin
From Sanskrit saṃgīta 'singing together, concert, music', from saṃgāy- 'sing together'.
Rhymes
- Davis, Bette
- Davis Cup
- Davis, David
- Davis, Jefferson
- Davis, Miles
- Davis Mountains
- Davis, Sammy
- Davisson, Clinton Joseph
- Davis, Steve
- Davis Strait
- davit
- Davos
- Davy Jones's locker
- Davy lamp
- Davy, Sir Humphry
- daw
- dawdle
- dawdler
- Dawes, Charles Gates
- Dawes, William
- dawg
- Dawkins, Richard
- dawn
- dawn chorus
- dawning