dumbek

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English

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Etymology

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From Modern Turkish dümbek, from Ottoman Turkish دنبك (dümbek), from Persian دنبک (donbak). Doublet of tombak.

Noun

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dumbek (plural dumbeks or dumbek)

  1. A Middle Eastern goblet drum.
    • 2000, John Marshall, Hand Drums for Beginners: An Easy Beginning Method, →ISBN, page 33:
      The Middle Eastern jar shaped drum generally referred to as the dumbek is gaining enormous popularity among today's hand percussionists.
    • 2010, Randy Raine-Reusch, Play The World: The 101 Instrument Primer, →ISBN:
      Dumbek are used in a wide range of ensembles in both classical and folk music.
    • 2014, Robin Wayne Bailey, Swords Against the Shadowland, →ISBN:
      Behind her, a band of drummers hesitated in mid-beat over now-silent dumbeks.