English Explanatory Dictionary

tanbur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tanbur tanburs tambur

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تنبور (tanbur). Doublet of tabor and tambour.

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