طُنْبُورٌ
Root: طنبر
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طُنْبُورٌ
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طِنْبَارٌ [the former vulgarly pronounced طَنْبُور] A certain musical instrument; [a kind of mandoline with chords of brass wire, which is played with a plectrum;] arabicized, from the Pers., originally دُنْبَهْ بَرَّهْ, [correctly دُنْبَهْ بَرَهْ, or] دُنْبِ بَرَهْ, being likened to the tail (أَلْيَة) of a lamb: so says As: pl. طَنَابِيرُ. [Accord. to the Msb, طُنْبُورٌ is of the measure فُنْعُولٌ: but accord. to the derivation mentioned above, the ن is a radical letter.]
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