دمبلك
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Alterations of دنبك (dümbek), تنبك (tümbek), from Persian تنبک (tonbak), probably mixed with other words as in particular طاول (davul) from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).
Noun edit
دمبلك • (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