домбра

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Russian

Домбра

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh домбыра (dombyra), from Persian دنب بره (donb-e barre, literally lamb's tail). Related to Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura/tambura), Turkish tambura, Romanian tambură, Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), etc.

Doublet of до́мра (dómra) and танбу́р (tanbúr).

Pronunciation

Noun

домбра́ (dombráf inan (genitive домбры́, nominative plural домбры́, genitive plural домбр, relational adjective домбро́вый)

  1. (music) dombra (long-necked lute of Turkic or Central Asian origin)

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