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tambura

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian تنبور.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.”

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Hungarian

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 tambura on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tambura (plural tamburák)

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

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tambura tamburák
accusative tamburát tamburákat
dative tamburának tamburáknak
instrumental tamburával tamburákkal
causal-final tamburáért tamburákért
translative tamburává tamburákká
terminative tamburáig tamburákig
essive-formal tamburaként tamburákként
essive-modal
inessive tamburában tamburákban
superessive tamburán tamburákon
adessive tamburánál tamburáknál
illative tamburába tamburákba
sublative tamburára tamburákra
allative tamburához tamburákhoz
elative tamburából tamburákból
delative tamburáról tamburákról
ablative tamburától tamburáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tamburáé tamburáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tamburáéi tamburákéi
Possessive forms of tambura
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tamburám tamburáim
2nd person sing. tamburád tamburáid
3rd person sing. tamburája tamburái
1st person plural tamburánk tamburáink
2nd person plural tamburátok tamburáitok
3rd person plural tamburájuk tamburáik

Derived terms

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References

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  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.)

Further reading

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  • 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

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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tambura

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From tànbūr.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tàmbura f (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбура)

  1. tambura, tambourine

Declension

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References

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  • tambura”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024