tambura
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tambura (plural tamburas)
- (music) A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world.
- 2008 March 25, Allan Kozinn, “Neil Aspinall, Beatles’ Aide, Dies at 66”, in New York Times[1]:
- He was among the singers in the celebratory chorus of “Yellow Submarine,” and he played tambura (an Indian drone instrument) on “Within You Without You,” harmonica on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” and percussion on “Magical Mystery Tour.”
Translations edit
stringed instrument
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Further reading edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Serbo-Croatian tambura, from Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura), from Persian تنبور. Compare Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambura (plural tamburák)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tambura | tamburák |
accusative | tamburát | tamburákat |
dative | tamburának | tamburáknak |
instrumental | tamburával | tamburákkal |
causal-final | tamburáért | tamburákért |
translative | tamburává | tamburákká |
terminative | tamburáig | tamburákig |
essive-formal | tamburaként | tamburákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tamburában | tamburákban |
superessive | tamburán | tamburákon |
adessive | tamburánál | tamburáknál |
illative | tamburába | tamburákba |
sublative | tamburára | tamburákra |
allative | tamburához | tamburákhoz |
elative | tamburából | tamburákból |
delative | tamburáról | tamburákról |
ablative | tamburától | tamburáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
tamburáé | tamburáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
tamburáéi | tamburákéi |
Possessive forms of tambura | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tamburám | tamburáim |
2nd person sing. | tamburád | tamburáid |
3rd person sing. | tamburája | tamburái |
1st person plural | tamburánk | tamburáink |
2nd person plural | tamburátok | tamburáitok |
3rd person plural | tamburájuk | tamburáik |
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References edit
- ^ tambura in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- tambura in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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Verb edit
tambura
- inflection of tamburare:
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From tànbūr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tàmbura f (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбура)
Declension edit
Declension of tambura
References edit
- “tambura” in Hrvatski jezični portal