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dum⋅ka

[doom-kuh]
–noun, plural -ky [-kee] .
1. a Slavic folk song that alternates in character between sadness and gaiety.
2. an instrumental composition or movement imitative of such a folk song.

Origin:
1890–95; < Czech < Ukrainian dúmka, orig. dim. of dúma a genre of narrative folk poetry; see duma
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