rebab
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Arabic رَبَابَة (rabāba), Middle French rebec, Persian رباب (robâb). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
rebab (plural rebabs)
- (music) A stringed musical instrument, related to the lute, used especially in Islamic countries
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 62:
- A last cricket scratched mournfully at its rebab.
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Translations
stringed musical instrument
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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rəˈbab/
- Rhymes: -ab
- Syllabification: re‧bab
Noun
rebab (plural rebab-rebab)
Further reading
- “rebab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
rebab n (plural rebaburi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | rebab | rebabul | rebaburi | rebaburile | |
| genitive-dative | rebab | rebabului | rebaburi | rebaburilor | |
| vocative | rebabule | rebaburilor | |||
Turkish
Pronunciation
Noun
rebab (definite accusative rebabı, plural rebablar)
- alternative spelling of rebap