rabab

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See also: rabâb

English

A rabab

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

rabab (plural rababs)

  1. An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 846:
      The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”

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