TANKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tanka mean? 

• TANKA (noun)
  The noun TANKA has 2 senses:

1. a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables

2. a Tibetan religious painting on fabric

  Familiarity information: TANKA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tanka" is a kind of...):

poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Tibetan religious painting on fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tanka" is a kind of...):

painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)