دربوكة

Arabic

دَرْبُوكَة

Alternative forms

• دَرَبُكَّة (darabukka), دِرْبَكَّة (dirbakka)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, found as Classical Syriac ܐܪܕܒܐ (ʾardbā), ܐܪܕܒܩܐ (ʾardbaqqā), ܐܪܕܒܟܐ (ʾardbakkā), ܕܥܒܒܘܩܐ (daʿbukkā), ܕܥܒܘܟܐ (darbukkā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דבוכא (/⁠*dabbukkā⁠/), maybe mediated via Classical Syriac ܕܥܒܘܟܐ (darbukkā, darbūkā) specifically and ultimately the same word as Persian دنبک (donbak) which is the same kind of drum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar.buː.ka/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /dar.buː.ka/

Noun

دَرْبُوكَة • (darbūka) f (plural دَرْبُوكَات (darbūkāt))

1. darbuka, a goblet drum of the Arab world and Turkey; in Iran, called a تمبک (tombak)

Declension

Declension of noun دَرْبُوكَة (darbūka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْبُوكَة darbūka	الدَّرْبُوكَة ad-darbūka	دَرْبُوكَة darbūkat
Nominative	دَرْبُوكَةٌ darbūkatun	الدَّرْبُوكَةُ ad-darbūkatu	دَرْبُوكَةُ darbūkatu
Accusative	دَرْبُوكَةً darbūkatan	الدَّرْبُوكَةَ ad-darbūkata	دَرْبُوكَةَ darbūkata
Genitive	دَرْبُوكَةٍ darbūkatin	الدَّرْبُوكَةِ ad-darbūkati	دَرْبُوكَةِ darbūkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْبُوكَتَيْن darbūkatayn	الدَّرْبُوكَتَيْن ad-darbūkatayn	دَرْبُوكَتَيْ darbūkatay
Nominative	دَرْبُوكَتَانِ darbūkatāni	الدَّرْبُوكَتَانِ ad-darbūkatāni	دَرْبُوكَتَا darbūkatā
Accusative	دَرْبُوكَتَيْنِ darbūkatayni	الدَّرْبُوكَتَيْنِ ad-darbūkatayni	دَرْبُوكَتَيْ darbūkatay
Genitive	دَرْبُوكَتَيْنِ darbūkatayni	الدَّرْبُوكَتَيْنِ ad-darbūkatayni	دَرْبُوكَتَيْ darbūkatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْبُوكَات darbūkāt	الدَّرْبُوكَات ad-darbūkāt	دَرْبُوكَات darbūkāt
Nominative	دَرْبُوكَاتٌ darbūkātun	الدَّرْبُوكَاتُ ad-darbūkātu	دَرْبُوكَاتُ darbūkātu
Accusative	دَرْبُوكَاتٍ darbūkātin	الدَّرْبُوكَاتِ ad-darbūkāti	دَرْبُوكَاتِ darbūkāti
Genitive	دَرْبُوكَاتٍ darbūkātin	الدَّرْبُوكَاتِ ad-darbūkāti	دَرْبُوكَاتِ darbūkāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: داربوقه (darbuka)
  • Turkish: darbuka

References

• “ˀrdbˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “drbwkˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 46b
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 161b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 311a
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 369a