shankar

1. 1.

   Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920)

   SynonymsRavi Shankar

   Broadersitar player

Other forms of shankar

plural

shankars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shankar

What does shankar mean?

shankar means "Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920)".

How many syllables are in shankar?

shankar has 2 syllables: shan-kar. The stress falls on "shan". In IPA it is /ˈʃæŋkɑɹ/.

What is another word for shankar?

Close synonyms include Ravi Shankar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shankar a common word?

shankar is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.