tombak

English

Alternative forms

• tonbak, dombak, donbak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian تنبک (tonbak). Doublet of dumbek.

Noun

tombak (plural tombaks)

1. (music) A type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian music.

   Synonym: zarb

   • 2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 April 2022:

     MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).

Translations

type of goblet drum

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: tombak c
• Finnish: darbuka
• French: tombak (fr) m
• German: Tombak (de) f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: tombako (io)
• Italian: darabouka f
• Persian: تنبک (fa) (tonbak)
• Portuguese: darabuca f, darbuca f
• Russian: томпа́к (ru) m (tompák)
• Swedish: tombak (sv)
• Tajik: тунбак (tg) (tunbak)
• Turkish: darbuka (tr)

See also

• Tonbak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Dutch, from Malay tembaga (“copper”), from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra). Entered Dutch usage during colonial period. Doublet of tumbaga.

Alternative forms

• tombac, tambac, tomback

Noun

tombak (uncountable)

1. A brass alloy also known as red-bronze, usually containing 82-99% copper and the rest usually zinc.

   Synonyms: Dutch brass, German brass

Translations

brass with zinc content below 28%

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: տոմպակ (tompak), պղնձացինկ (hy) (pġnjacʻink)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: tombak
• Finnish: tompakki
• French: tombac (fr) m
• German: Tombak (de) m
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: tombako (io)
• Italian: tombacco m, similoro m
• Malay: tembaga (ms)
• Portuguese: tambaque m, tambaca f
• Russian: томпа́к (ru) m (tompák)
• Swedish: tombak (sv)
• Turkish: tombak (tr)
• Yiddish: טאָמבאַק (tombak)

References

• “tombac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Danish

Etymology

From Dutch tombak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔmbak/, [ˈtˢɔmb̥ɑɡ̊]

Noun

tombak n or c (singular definite tombakket or tombakken, not used in plural)

1. tombac

Further reading

• tombak on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Indonesian

Noun

tombak (plural tombak-tombak)

1. spear

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtombak/ [ˈt̪om.baʔ]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ombaʔ, -baʔ, -aʔ
• Hyphenation: tom‧bak

Noun

tombak (Jawi spelling تومبق, plural tombak-tombak or tombak²)

1. spear

Further reading

• "tombak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tombak" at PRPM first version)