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Where does “tabour” come from?

tabour (English) comes from English tabor, from German Tabor, from Czech tábor, from Ottoman Turkish طابور — battalion.

tabour (English): Alternative spelling of tabor

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of tabor

Ancestry of “tabour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtaborA small drum; To make with a tabor; To strike...
2GermanTabor—
3Czechtáborcamp
4Ottoman Turkishطابورbattalion
Every word from Ottoman Turkish طابور →