charivari
‘rough music, a mock-serenade intended as annoyance or insult’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. charivari < O.F. chalivali ‘discordant noise made by pots and pans’ < La.Lat. caribaria ‘a severe headache’ < Gk. karebaria ‘headache’ < karē- ‘head’ + barys ‘heavy’ < shaar < ker- < Tamil kaṭu