بربط

See also: تربط

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بربت (barbat)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (blbwt' /⁠barbut⁠/, lyre), from Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bäɾ.bǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? barbut
Dari reading? barbat
Iranian reading? barbat
Tajik reading? barbat

Noun

Dari بربط
Iranian Persian
Tajik барбат

بربط • (barbat) (plural بربط‌ها (barbat-hâ))

  1. barbat (a type of lute)
    Synonyms: عود (ud), لوت (lut)
    • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی:
      از درس و بحث و مدرسه شد خاطرم ملول
      مطرب بیار بربط و چنگ و رباب را
      az dars o bahs o madrese šod xâter-am malul
      motrab biyâr barbat o čang o robâb râ
      I am fed up with classes and discussions and schools;
      Singer, bring the barbat and the harp and the rubab.

Derived terms

  • بربط‌زن (barbat-zan)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “barbut”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 17
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