Home › Words › D › dandiyadandiya/ˈdʌndi.ə/dandiya means A stick, representing a sword, used in the dandiya raas dance.dandiya is pronounced /ˈdʌndi.ə/.EtymologyShortened form of dandiya raas.nounA stick, representing a sword, used in the dandiya raas dance.e.g.“She started singing a traditional song as she raised her hands and struck her dandiyas on the beat.” — 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 413:The music which accompanies this dance.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.garba 58% match — A form of dance from the state of Gujarat in India, performed in a circle often around a lamp. vs dandiya →brahmadanda 57% match — Literally, the rod of Brahma; also used of bamboo rods carried by Indian ascetics. vs dandiya →lathi 57% match — A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen. vs dandiya →badine 56% match — A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries. vs dandiya →dand 56% match — A kind of push-up in Indian gymnastics. vs dandiya →gatka 54% match — A traditional South Asian form of combat training in which wooden sticks are used to simulate swords in sparring matches. vs dandiya →dhaki 54% match — A traditional drummer who plays the dhak. vs dandiya →dhantal 54% match — A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Indo-Caribbean origin, consisting of a steel rod that is struck by a horseshoe shaped beater, sounding similar to a triangle. vs dandiya →