rabab
See also: rabâb
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).
Pronunciation
Noun
rabab (plural rababs)
- An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 846:
- The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 846: