First Known Use: 1895
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dumka
noun dum·ka \ˈdu̇m-kə\
plural dum·ky \-kē\
Definition of DUMKA
: an Eastern European folk ballad or lament usually with alternating slow and fast sections
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Origin of DUMKA
Czech, elegy, from Ukrainian, diminutive of duma narrative folk poem, from Old Russian
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