Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dumbek

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dumb-ek
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Middle Eastern goblet drum.

Example Sentences

"The Middle Eastern jar shaped drum generally referred to as the dumbek is gaining enormous popularity among today's hand percussionists."
"Dumbek are used in a wide range of ensembles in both classical and folk music."
"Behind her, a band of drummers hesitated in mid-beat over now-silent dumbeks."

Etymology

From Modern Turkish dümbek, from Ottoman Turkish دنبك (dümbek), from Persian دنبک (donbak). Doublet of tombak.

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: dümbek, دنبك, تنبک

Inflected Forms

dumbeks (plural) dumbec (alternative) doumbek (alternative) dumbeg (alternative) dumbelek (alternative) doumbec (alternative)

Questions

What does dumbek mean?: A Middle Eastern goblet drum.
Where does dumbek come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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