English Explanatory Dictionary

dumbek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Middle Eastern goblet drum.

Word forms

dumbek dumbeks dumbec doumbek dumbeg dumbelek doumbec

Etymology

From Modern Turkish dümbek, from Ottoman Turkish دنبك (dümbek), from Persian دنبک (donbak). Doublet of tombak.

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