different between harmonium vs qawwali

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French harmonium, a term coined by Alexandre Debain.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ni?m

Noun

harmonium (plural harmoniums)

1. (music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Harcourt Brace Jovanivich, page 181:

     They were a grave and reverend seignior in a frock coat, a lady sitting at a portable harmonium, and a chinless youth toying with a crucifix.

Derived terms

• harmoniumist

Translations

Usage notes

• See Wikipedia for differences in usage between US and UK

See also

• reed organ

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

harmonium m (plural harmoniums)

1. (Jersey) harmonium

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

harmonium n (definite singular harmoniet, indefinite plural harmonier, definite plural harmonia or harmoniene)

1. (music) a harmonium or pump organ

   Synonyms: pumpeorgel, salmesykkel, trøorgel, tråorgel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

harmonium n (definite singular harmoniet, indefinite plural harmonium, definite plural harmonia)

1. (music) a harmonium or pump organ

   Synonyms: pumpeorgel, salmesykkel, trøorgel, tråorgel

English

Etymology

From Urdu ???????, Persian ???????, from ?????? (“qawwal”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??w??li/

Noun

qawwali (countable and uncountable, plural qawwalis)

1. (music, uncountable) A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium.
   • 1994, Simon Broughton, World Music: The Rough Guide:

     Jameela Siddiqi listens to qawwali and talks to its performers […].

2. (music, countable) A song in this style.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 223:

     They are singing not a religious qawwali but its secular and lay cousin.

   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 86:

     Every Thursday, in the dargah's enclosure, musicians in shimmering turquoise kurtas, their fingers bejewelled with bling, perform qawwalis attributed to Khusrau […].

Derived terms

• qawwali-like