bhajan

American

[buhj-uhn] / ˈbʌdʒ ən /

noun

Hinduism.

a religious song of praise.

bhajan British

/ ˈbʌdʒən /

noun

Hinduism Sikhism the singing of devotional songs and hymns

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Etymology

Origin of bhajan

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1910–15

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The bald pilgrims in Beena Mol began to sing another bhajan.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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