tanbur

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تنبور (tanbur).

Noun

tanbur (plural tanburs)

  1. (music) In classical Turkish music, a long-necked, fretted, plucked lute, or various similar lutes of West and Central Asia.

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Maltese

Root
t-n-b-r
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Etymology

From Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

Pronunciation

Noun

tanbur m (plural tnabar, diminutive tnajbar)

  1. drum

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), from Persian دنب بره (donb-e barre, literally “lamb's tail”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎnbuːr/
  • Hyphenation: tan‧bur

Noun

tànbūr m (Cyrillic spelling та̀нбӯр)

  1. tanbur

Declension

Declension of tanbur
singular plural
nominative tànbūr tanburi
genitive tanbúra tanbura
dative tanburu tanburima
accusative tanbur tanbure
vocative tanbure tanburi
locative tanburu tanburima
instrumental tanburom tanburima

References

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