Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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طنب طنبر طنجر


طِنْبَارٌ

طِنْبَارٌ: see the next paragraph.


طُنْبُورٌ

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


طُنْبُورِىٌّ

طُنْبُورِىٌّ [or, accord. to Golius, on the authority of Meyd, طُنْبُورَانِىٌّ,] A player on the طُنْبُور. (MA.)


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