t 1 a 1 n 1 k 5 a 1
5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables
noun a Tibetan religious painting on fabric
originFrom Japanese 短歌 (tanka, “short song”), from Middle Chinese 短 (MC twanX) 歌 (MC ka) (compare Mandarin 短歌 (duǎngē) duǎngē).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0