rebab
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editCompare Arabic رَبَابَة (rabāba), Middle French rebec, Persian رباب (robâb). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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editNoun
editrebab (plural rebabs)
- (music) A stringed musical instrument, related to the lute, used especially in Islamic countries
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 62:
- A last cricket scratched mournfully at its rebab.
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editstringed musical instrument
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editNoun
editrebab n (plural rebaburi)
Declension
editDeclension of rebab
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rebab | rebabul | (niște) rebaburi | rebaburile |
genitive/dative | (unui) rebab | rebabului | (unor) rebaburi | rebaburilor |
vocative | rebabule | rebaburilor |
Turkish
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editrebab (definite accusative rebabı, plural rebablar)
- Alternative spelling of rebap
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