tambura

• tamboura, tanpura

Borrowed from Persian تنبور.

• IPA^(key): /tæmˈbʊəɹə/, /tɑmˈbʊəɹə/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

tambura (plural tamburas)

1. (music) A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world.
   • 2008 March 25, Allan Kozinn, “Neil Aspinall, Beatles’ Aide, Dies at 66”, in New York Times‎:

     He was among the singers in the celebratory chorus of “Yellow Submarine,” and he played tambura (an Indian drone instrument) on “Within You Without You,” harmonica on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” and percussion on “Magical Mystery Tour.”

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• Tambura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Serbo-Croatian tambura, from Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura), from Persian تنبور. Compare Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒmburɒ]
• Rhymes: -ɒ
• Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧ra

tambura (plural tamburák)

1. (music) tambura (a long-necked lute-like stringed instrument)

• tamburás
• tamburázik

• tambura in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /tamˈbu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: tam‧bù‧ra

tambura

1. inflection of tamburare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From tànbūr.

• IPA^(key): /tǎmbura/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧ra

tàmbura f (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбура)

1. tambura, tambourine

• “tambura” in Hrvatski jezični portal