مطبل

Derived from the passive participle from the geminate stem طَبَّلَ (ṭabbala) (which does not necessarily exist in the sense “to make drum-shaped”) of طَبْل (ṭabl, “drum”).

مُطَبَّل • (muṭabbal) (feminine مُطَبَّلَة (muṭabbala), masculine plural مُطَبَّلُونَ (muṭabbalūna), feminine plural مُطَبَّلَات (muṭabbalāt))

1. drum-shaped, tympanic

مُطَبَّل • (muṭabbal) m

1. a kind of polygon the exact delimitation of which is uncertain from medieval geometrical writings

Derived from the passive participle of طَبَّلَ (ṭabbala, “to subject to a territory tax”) from طَبْل (ṭabl, “territory tax”).

مُطَبَّل • (muṭabbal) (feminine مُطَبَّلَة (muṭabbala), masculine plural مُطَبَّلُونَ (muṭabbalūna), feminine plural مُطَبَّلَات (muṭabbalāt))

1. subject to territory tax, being levied property tax

مُطَبَّل • (moṭabbal) m

1. (Upper Egypt) drummer

   Synonyms: طَبَّال (ṭabbāl), طَبْلَجِي (ṭablaji), مِطَبِّلَاتِي (miṭabbilāti)

• Loret, Victor (1889) “Quelques documents rélatifs à la littérature et à la musique populaires de la Haute-Égypte”, in Memoires publiés par les membres de la mission archéologique franca̧ise au Caire‎ (in French), volume 1, number 2, Paris: Ernest Leroux, page 308