guembri

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَمْبْرِي‎ (kambrī)

Noun

guembri (plural guembris)

  1. (music) A kind of lute used by Berber musicians.
    Synonym: sintir
    Hypernym: lute
    • 2016, Abdelmajid Hannoum, Practicing Sufism: Sufi Politics and Performance in Africa, Routledge (ISBN 9781317233497), page 137:
      A mu'alim (master musician) directs his musicians even as he also actively participates by playing an instrument known as the guembri to help draw the attention of the spirit world. The guembri, a three-stringed lute plucked with the fingers to […]
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