thumrin.
/ˈtuːmri//ˈtʊmri/ A light classical form of North Indian vocal or instrumental music; a piece in this form. Also attributive, designating this style of music.
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1834 N. A. Willard Treat. Music Hindoostan 89 Thoomree. This is an impure dialect of the Vrujbhasha. The measure is lively, and so peculiar, that it is not mistaken by one who has heard a few songs of this class.
1914 A. H. F. Strangways Mus. Hindostan vi. 165 ‘Hādi e illah’ is a Thumri from Benares.
1964 Ahmed Ali Ocean of Night ii. v. 71 The poets were writing songs, sonnets, free verse, and no one cared for the ghazal, thumri or mustezad.
1972 P. Holroyde Indian Music iii. 97 Thumri style of singing evolved from the more austere forms of dhrupad and khayal.
1981 Ld. Harewood Tongs & Bones xvii. 257 The sarangi player..finished with a gentle and rather sentimental thumri.
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