Rabab

//ɹɪˈbæb// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.

    "The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”"

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"The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).

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