rabab

See also: rabâb

English

A rabab

Alternative forms

• rebab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb), plural of رَبَابَة (rabāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbæb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Noun

rabab (plural rababs)

1. An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 846:

     The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”

Anagrams

• Babar