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damdama [prob. Zend dam, redupl.=S. धमधम, fr. धम rt. ध्मा], s.m. Sound of a drum; report or booming of cannon, and the like;—report, noise, tumult, din, clamour, stir, ado, pomp, show;—a kettle-drum, a drum (=damāma);—a mound, a raised battery; name of a place near Calcutta which is an artillery station (anglice, ḍamḍam);—a cavalier;—fraud, deceit; fascination (see dam = S. dambha):—damdama bāṅdhnā, To raise a battery.
Origin: Persian