دمبلك
Ottoman Turkish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAlterations of دنبك (dümbek), تنبك (tümbek), from Classical Persian تُنْبَک (tunbak), probably mixed with other words as in particular طاول (davul) from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).
Noun
editدمبلك • (dümbelek or tümbelek)
- a small drum
Descendants
edit- Turkish: dümbelek
- → Greek: τουμπελέκι (toumpeléki), τουμπερλέκι n (toumperléki), ντουμπελέκι n (ntoumpeléki)
- → English: toubeleki
References
edit- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تومبلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 417
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دمبلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 914