tamboura

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

tam=bour=a

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tamboura, n.

A stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck, used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called also tambur, tambour, and tampur. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tamboura, n. Mus. an Indian stringed instrument used as a drone.

Etymology

Arab. tanbura

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