tambura

English

Alternative forms

• tamboura, tanpura

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تنبور.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæmˈbʊəɹə/, /tɑmˈbʊəɹə/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

tambura (plural tamburas)

1. (music) A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world.
   • 2008 March 25, Allan Kozinn, “Neil Aspinall, Beatles’ Aide, Dies at 66”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He was among the singers in the celebratory chorus of “Yellow Submarine,” and he played tambura (an Indian drone instrument) on “Within You Without You,” harmonica on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” and percussion on “Magical Mystery Tour.”

Translations

stringed instrument

• Greek: ταμπουράς (el) m (tampourás)
• Hindi: तंबूरा (hi) m (tambūrā), तानपूरा (hi) m (tānpūrā), तुम्बुरु (hi) m (tumburu), तुम्बुरी (hi) f (tumburī), तुम्बरु (hi) m (tumbaru)
• Hungarian: tambura (hu)
• Malayalam: തംബുരു (tamburu)
• Polish: tambura f
• Tamil: தம்புரா (ta) (tampurā)
• Telugu: తంబుర (te) (tambura)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Further reading

• Tambura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Hungarian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian tambura, from Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura), from Persian تنبور. Compare Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒmburɒ]
• Rhymes: -ɒ
• Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧ra

Noun

tambura (plural tamburák)

1. (music) tambura (a long-necked lute-like stringed instrument)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tambura	tamburák
accusative	tamburát	tamburákat
dative	tamburának	tamburáknak
instrumental	tamburával	tamburákkal
causal-final	tamburáért	tamburákért
translative	tamburává	tamburákká
terminative	tamburáig	tamburákig
essive-formal	tamburaként	tamburákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tamburában	tamburákban
superessive	tamburán	tamburákon
adessive	tamburánál	tamburáknál
illative	tamburába	tamburákba
sublative	tamburára	tamburákra
allative	tamburához	tamburákhoz
elative	tamburából	tamburákból
delative	tamburáról	tamburákról
ablative	tamburától	tamburáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	tamburáé	tamburáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tamburáéi	tamburákéi

Possessive forms of tambura

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tamburám	tamburáim
2nd person sing.	tamburád	tamburáid
3rd person sing.	tamburája	tamburái
1st person plural	tamburánk	tamburáink
2nd person plural	tamburátok	tamburáitok
3rd person plural	tamburájuk	tamburáik

Derived terms

• tamburás
• tamburázik

Further reading

• tambura in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamˈbu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: tam‧bù‧ra

Verb

tambura

1. inflection of tamburare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From tànbūr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎmbura/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧ra

Noun

tàmbura f (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбура)

1. tambura, tambourine

Declension

Declension of tambura

	singular	plural
nominative	tambura	tambure
genitive	tambure	tambura
dative	tamburi	tamburama
accusative	tamburu	tambure
vocative	tamburo	tambure
locative	tamburi	tamburama
instrumental	tamburom	tamburama

References

• “tambura”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025