Where does “tabla” come from?

tabla (Portuguese) comes from Hindi तबला, from Arabic طَبْلَة, from Arabic طَبْل, from Middle Iranian tabir.

tabla (Portuguese): metal plate; sheet metal

Definitions

  1. metal plate; sheet metal

Ancestry of “tabla”, step by step

tabla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi तबला

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiतबलाtabla
2Arabicطَبْلَة—
3Arabicطَبْلdrum
4Middle Iraniantabir—

via Spanish tabla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtablaboard, plank; slab; table
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Middle Iranian tabir →
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