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ta⋅bla

[tah-bluh, tuhb-luh]

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–noun

a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.

Origin:
1860–65; earlier tubla < Hindi tablā < Ar ṭabla, deriv. of ṭabl drum

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tab·la (tä'blə, tŭb'lə)

n. A small hand drum of northern India.

[Hindi tablā, from Arabic ṭabla, from Aramaic ṭabl, drum, perhaps of Persian origin; akin to Middle Persian tumbag, drum.]

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tabla

pair of drums used in northern Indian music, 1865, from Hindi, from Arabic tabl "a drum played with the hand."

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