домбра

Russian

Домбра

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh домбыра (dombyra), from Persian دنب بره (donb-e barre, literally lamb's tail). Related to Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura/tambura), Turkish tambura, Romanian tambură, Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), etc.

Doublet of до́мра (dómra) and танбу́р (tanbúr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐmˈbra]

Noun

домбра́ • (dombrá) f inan (genitive домбры́, nominative plural домбры́, genitive plural домбр, relational adjective домбро́вый)

  1. (music) dombra (long-necked lute of Turkic or Central Asian origin)

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