rebab
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English
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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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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