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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (blbwt' /barbut/, “lyre”), from Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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barbut
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Dari reading?
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barbat
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Iranian reading?
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barbat
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Tajik reading?
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barbat
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Noun
Dari
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بربط
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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барбат
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بربط • (barbat) (plural بربطها (barbat-hâ))
- barbat (a type of lute)
- Synonyms: عود (ud), لوت (lut)
c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی:از درس و بحث و مدرسه شد خاطرم ملول
مطرب بیار بربط و چنگ و رباب را- az dars o bahs o madrese šod xâter-am malul
motrab biyâr barbat o čang o robâb râ - I am fed up with classes and discussions and schools;
Singer, bring the barbat and the harp and the rubab.
Derived terms
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “barbut”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 17