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Etymology

Compare Arabic رَبَابَة (rabāba), Middle French rebec, Persian رباب (robâb). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

rebab (plural rebabs)

  1. (music) A stringed musical instrument, related to the lute, used especially in Islamic countries
    • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 62:
      A last cricket scratched mournfully at its rebab.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

rebab (plural rebab-rebab)

  1. rebab

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rébab.

Noun

rebab n (plural rebaburi)

  1. rebab

Declension

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Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾeˈbab/
  • Hyphenation: re‧bab

Noun

rebab (definite accusative rebabı, plural rebablar)

  1. alternative spelling of rebap

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