English Explanatory Dictionary

barbat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient Persian plucked lute with a pear-shaped body, a flat belly, an angled back near the pegbox, and a fretless neck.

Word forms

barbat barbats barbud

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بربط (barbat, barbot), from Middle Persian, possibly from Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos), an unrelated musical instrument.

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