rabab

See also: rabâb

English

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Etymology

From Arabic رَبَاب‎ (rabāb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈbæb/

Noun

rabab (plural rababs)

  1. An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 846:
      The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”

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