murga

See also: Murga

English

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Etymology

From a Hindi and Urdu word for rooster

Noun

murga (uncountable)

  1. A stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to squat and loop the arms behind the knees to grip the ears.

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from an earlier form *musga, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, of a Muse). Unlike the borrowed doublet música, this form is at least semi-popular[1], although it is uncertain if it was completely popularly inherited.

Noun

murga f (plural murgas)

  1. band or group of street musicians
  2. (colloquial) bugbear (annoyance)

References

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