atabal
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish atabal, from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”). Compare tabor, tymbal, tabla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atabal (plural atabals)
- A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
- 1816, George Croly, Czerni George:
- The night was wild, the atabal / Scarce echoed on the rampart wall.
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
atabal m (plural atabales)
- atabal (kind of tabor used by the Moors)
Descendants edit
- → English: atabal
Further reading edit
- “atabal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014