atabal

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish atabal, from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”). Compare tabor, tymbal, tabla.

Pronunciation

Noun

atabal (plural atabals)

  1. A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
    • 1816, George Croly, Czerni George:
      The night was wild, the atabal / Scarce echoed on the rampart wall.
    • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer:
      the trump, the gong, and the atabal. (III, xx)

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ataˈbal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧ta‧bal

Noun

atabal m (plural atabales)

  1. atabal (kind of tabor used by the Moors)

Descendants

  • → English: atabal

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