دمبلك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

دنبلك (dümbelek), تومبلك (tümbelek)

Etymology

Alterations of دنبك (dümbek), تنبك (tümbek), from Persian (tonbak), probably mixed with other words as in particular طاول (davul) from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).

Noun

دمبلك • (dümbelek or tümbelek)

a small drum

Descendants

Turkish: dümbelek
→ Greek: τουμπελέκι (toumpeléki), τουμπερλέκι n (toumperléki), ντουμπελέκι n (ntoumpeléki)
- → English: toubeleki

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تومبلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 417
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دمبلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 914

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