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bodhran
or bodh·rán
[ baw-rahn ]
noun
- a handheld, shallow Irish drum with a single goatskin head, played with a stick.
bodhrán
/ ˈboːrɑːn; baʊˈrɑːn /
noun
- a shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bodhran1
1965–70; Irish Gaelic bodhrán, from Middle Irish bodrán, from bodar “deafening, deaf”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bodhran1
Irish Gaelic
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