دمبلك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دنبلك (dümbelek), تومبلك (tümbelek)

Etymology

Alterations of دنبك (dümbek), تنبك (tümbek), from Persian تنبک (tonbak), probably mixed with other words as in particular طاول (davul) from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).

Noun

دمبلك • (dümbelek or tümbelek)

1. a small drum

Descendants

• Turkish: dümbelek
• → Greek: τουμπελέκι (toumpeléki), τουμπερλέκι n (toumperléki), ντουμπελέκι n (ntoumpeléki)
  • → English: toubeleki

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تومبلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 417
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دمبلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 914