rebab

English

Alternative forms

• rabab

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbæb/

Noun

rebab (plural rebabs)

1. (music) A stringed musical instrument, related to the lute, used especially in Islamic countries
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 62:

     A last cricket scratched mournfully at its rebab.

Translations

stringed musical instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: rebab
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• Irish: reabab m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: راۋاپ (rawap)

Anagrams

• Baber, Ebarb, bebar