tambura

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تنبور.

Pronunciation

Noun

tambura (plural tamburas)

  1. (music) A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world.
    • 2008 March 25, Allan Kozinn, “Neil Aspinall, Beatles’ Aide, Dies at 66”, in New York Times‎:
      He was among the singers in the celebratory chorus of “Yellow Submarine,” and he played tambura (an Indian drone instrument) on “Within You Without You,” harmonica on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” and percussion on “Magical Mystery Tour.”

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Further reading

Hungarian

 tambura on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian tambura, from Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura), from Persian تنبور. Compare Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -ɒ
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧ra

Noun

tambura (plural tamburák)

  1. (music) tambura (a long-necked lute-like stringed instrument)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tambura tamburák
accusative tamburát tamburákat
dative tamburának tamburáknak
instrumental tamburával tamburákkal
causal-final tamburáért tamburákért
translative tamburává tamburákká
terminative tamburáig tamburákig
essive-formal tamburaként tamburákként
essive-modal — —
inessive tamburában tamburákban
superessive tamburán tamburákon
adessive tamburánál tamburáknál
illative tamburába tamburákba
sublative tamburára tamburákra
allative tamburához tamburákhoz
elative tamburából tamburákból
delative tamburáról tamburákról
ablative tamburától tamburáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		tamburáé tamburáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		tamburáéi tamburákéi
Possessive forms of tambura
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tamburám tamburáim
2nd person sing. tamburád tamburáid
3rd person sing. tamburája tamburái
1st person plural tamburánk tamburáink
2nd person plural tamburátok tamburáitok
3rd person plural tamburájuk tamburáik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ tambura in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • tambura in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamˈbu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bù‧ra

Verb

tambura

  1. inflection of tamburare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From tànbūr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎmbura/
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧ra

Noun

tàmbura f (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбура)

  1. tambura, tambourine

Declension

Declension of tambura
singular plural
nominative tambura tambure
genitive tambure tambura
dative tamburi tamburama
accusative tamburu tambure
vocative tamburo tambure
locative tamburi tamburama
instrumental tamburom tamburama

References

  • “tambura”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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