домра

Russian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, from Persian تنبور (tanbur). Compare Kazakh домбыра (dombyra), Uzbek dombira, Bashkir думбыра (dumbıra).

Doublet of домбра́ (dombrá) and танбу́р (tanbúr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdomrə]

Noun

до́мра • (dómra) f inan (genitive до́мры, nominative plural до́мры, genitive plural домр)

  1. domra (round-bodied lute of East Slavic origin with either three or four strings)

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “домра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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