Taraana/Tarana (तराना)
Origin: Persian
Tarana is an Urdu word, it means “harmony/symphony/a kind of song” in English, while in Hindi it’s called as “svar ka mel/स्वर का मेल, vaadya-vrand rachna/वाद्य-वृंद रचना.”
For eg: “Tu meri ghazal hai, tu mera tarana…” which means, “you’re my ghazal, you’re my harmony…”
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