qachel
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small gong or bell used as a liturgical accompaniment in Ethiopian places of worship.
Example Sentences
- "Priest Ya’qob held a small metal gong called the qachel in one hand and the small metal stick with which it was struck in the other."
- "The non-Jewish Ethiopian qachel differs from Beta Israel instruments. It is a small bell used for both religious and secular music of the orthodox Ethiopian Christian."
- "The melodies may be pentatonic or based on intervals of a third, and may be accompanied by a small drum called nagarīt and a gong called qachel."