jabeba
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Aphaeresis of ajabeba, from Old Spanish axabeba, from Andalusian Arabic الشَّبَّابَة (aš-šabbába), from Arabic شَبَّابَة (šabbāba).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jabeba f (plural jabebas)
- (historical) a type of flute intended to imitate the sound of an organ; used predominantly by Moriscos in medieval Spain
Further reading edit
- “jabeba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014