بربط

See also: تربط

Persian

Alternative forms

• بربت (barbat)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (blbwt' /⁠barbut⁠/, “lyre”), from Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾ.ˈbut]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.bǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	barbut
Dari reading?	barbat
Iranian reading?	barbat
Tajik reading?	barbat

Noun

Dari	بربط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	барбат

بربط • (barbat) (plural بربط‌ها (barbat-hâ))

1. barbat (a type of lute)

   Synonyms: عود (ud), لوت (lut)

   • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎^[1]:

     از درس و بحث و مدرسه شد خاطرم ملول
     مطرب بیار بربط و چنگ و رباب را

     az dars o bahs o madrese šod xâter-am malul
     motrab biyâr barbat o čang o robâb râ

     I am fed up with classes and discussions and schools;
     Singer, bring the barbat and the harp and the rubab.

Derived terms

• بربط‌زن (barbat-zan)

 

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “barbut”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 17