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Etymology

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Transliteration of Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya, acting, dramatic action).

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abhinaya (plural abhinayas)

  1. (dance) Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the kathakali dance of India.[1]

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  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3

French

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Noun

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abhinaya m (plural abhinayas)

  1. abhinaya

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abhinaya f (uncountable)

  1. (dance) abhinaya (use of the face and hands in Indian dancing)