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dumka

[ doom-kuh ]

noun

, plural dum·ky [doom, -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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dumka1

First recorded in 1890–95; from Czech: literally “mournful song, elegy,” from Ukrainian dúmka, originally diminutive of dúma, the name of a genre of narrative folk poetry; duma

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Example Sentences

The two forms in which he is most successful are the two most usually associated with his name—the Dumka and the Furiant.

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