tabor

Meaning

Noun

1. A small drum.
2. A small drum.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make (a sound) with a tabor.
2. To strike lightly and frequently.

Synonyms

tabour

drum

🥁

kettle-drum

musical instrument

timbrel

war-drum

Translations

tamboril

tambour

🥁

τύμπανο

tambourin

thabor

tamburello

trom

🥁

trommelen

🥁

dümbelek

🥁

dümbelek çalmak

tabalet

zilli tef

μικρό τύμπανο

ντέφι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish: طابور

In summary

From Middle English, from Old French tabour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), ultimately from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tambour and tanbur.