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• Beginning
• 1 English
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Pronunciation
  • 1.4 Noun
    * 1.4.1 Translations
    * 1.4.2 See also
  • 1.5 Further reading
• 2 Hungarian
  • 2.1 Alternative forms
  • 2.2 Etymology
  • 2.3 Pronunciation
  • 2.4 Noun
    * 2.4.1 Declension
    * 2.4.2 Derived terms
  • 2.5 References
  • 2.6 Further reading
• 3 Italian
  • 3.1 Pronunciation
  • 3.2 Verb
• 4 Serbo-Croatian
  • 4.1 Etymology
  • 4.2 Pronunciation
  • 4.3 Noun
    * 4.3.1 Declension
  • 4.4 References

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• 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[1]:
     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.”

stringed instrument

• Greek: ταμπουράς (el) m (tampourás)

• Hindi: तंबूरा (hi) m (tambūrā), तानपूरा (hi) m (tānpūrā), तुम्बुरु (hi) m (tumburu), तुम्बुरी (hi) f (tumburī), तुम्बरु (hi) m (tumbaru)

• Hungarian: tambura (hu)

• Malayalam: തംബുരു (tamburu)

• Polish: tambura f

• Tamil: தம்புரா (ta) (tampurā)

• Telugu: తంబుర (te) (tambura)

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• Tambura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• tambora (obsolete)

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

1. ^ tambura in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

• tambura in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

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• English lemmas
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• Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒ
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• Italian 3-syllable words
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• Rhymes:Italian/ura
• Rhymes:Italian/ura/3 syllables
• Italian non-lemma forms
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