دمبلك
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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