Where does “oppari” come from?

oppari (English) comes from Tamil ஒப்பாரி, from Tamil ஒப்பு — likeness, similarity, resemblance, comparison.

oppari (English): An impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died

Definitions

  1. An impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died

Ancestry of “oppari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஒப்பாரிoppari; a folk threnody involving lamentation by women making doleful reference to the personal appearance and good qualities of the deceased
2Tamilஒப்புlikeness, similarity, resemblance, comparison
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