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Where does “tambour” come from?

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

tambour (French): drum; tambour

Definitions

  1. drum; tambour

Ancestry of “tambour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطُنْبُور—
2Persianدنب برهlamb's tail

Words derived from “tambour”

  • tambourine
  • tambour
  • tambourinelike
  • taborine
  • tambourinist
  • tambouriner
  • tambourin
  • tamburo
  • tamboerijn
  • tambur
  • tambur
  • тамбур
  • tambóirín
  • tamburină
  • tabourin
  • ტამბურინი
  • tambour
  • tanbou
  • tambour
  • tambour
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