nabal

See also: Nabal and nábał

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 나발(喇叭) (nabal).

Pronunciation

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Noun

nabal

1. a long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music of Korea

See also

• nabal (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alban, Balan, Blaan, Laban, alban, banal, laban, labna, nabla

Galician

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century. From nabo (“turnip”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈbal/ [naˈβ̞ɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: na‧bal

Noun

nabal m (plural nabais)

1. turnip field

   Synonym: nabeira

2. vegetable garden

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nabal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nabal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nabal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nabal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “nabal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “nabal”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From nabo (“turnip”) +‎ -al (“field of”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈbaw/ [naˈbaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈbal/ [nɐˈβaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈbal/ [nɐˈβaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈba.li/ [nɐˈβa.li]

• Homophone: naval (Porto)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: na‧bal

Noun

nabal m (plural nabais)

1. turnip field

Further reading

• “nabal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “nabal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From nabo (“turnip”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈbal/ [naˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: na‧bal
• Homophone: naval

Adjective

nabal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nabales)

1. (relational) turnip

   Synonym: nabar

Further reading

• “nabal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025