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Where does “tamburo” come from?

tamburo (Esperanto) comes from French tambour, from Arabic طُنْبُور, from Persian دنب بره — lamb's tail.

tamburo (Esperanto): drum

Definitions

  1. drum

Ancestry of “tamburo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtambourdrum; tambour
2Arabicطُنْبُور—
3Persianدنب برهlamb's tail
Every word from Persian دنب بره →