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عَرْطَبَةٌ

Root: عرطب

Full Definition

عَرْطَبَةٌ The lute: or the [kind of mandoline called] طُنْبُور: or the [Persian lute, called] بَرْبَط: or the drum: or the drum that is contracted in the middle: or the Abyssinian drum: also pronounced with damm [i. e. عُرْطُبَةٌ] in the first two senses.
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