dumka

dumka [doo m-kuh] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural dum·ky [doo m-kee] /ˈdʊm ki/. a Slavic folk song that alternates in character between sadness and gaiety. an instrumental composition or movement imitative of such a folk song. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of dumka 1890–95; Czech Ukrainian dúmka, orig. diminutive of dúma a genre of narrative folk poetry; see duma Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for dumka Historical Examples of dumka

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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