tambourine
/ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/ · noun
Meaning
- A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
- A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).
- A kind of Provençal dance.
- The music for this dance.
- To play the tambourine.
- To make a sound like a tambourine.
Etymology / origin
From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
- تنبور(Persian)→
- طُنْبُور(ar)→
- tambour(French)→
- tambourin(French)→
- tambourine (English)
- Relations: bor, der, der, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- tambóirín(Irish) (bor)
- タンバリン(Japanese) (bor)
- tamburin(Tagalog) (bor)
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