домбра

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh домбыра (dombyra), from Persian دنب بره (donb-e barre, literally “lamb's tail”). Related to Ottoman Turkish طنبوره (tanbura/tambura), Turkish tambura, Romanian tambură, Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), etc.

Doublet of до́мра (dómra) and танбу́р (tanbúr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐmˈbra]

Noun

домбра́ • (dombrá) f inan (genitive домбры́, nominative plural домбры́, genitive plural домбр, relational adjective домбро́вый)

  1. (music) dombra (long-necked lute of Turkic or Central Asian origin)

Declension

Declension of домбра́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative домбра́
dombrá 		домбры́
dombrý
genitive домбры́
dombrý 		до́мбр
dómbr
dative домбре́
dombré 		домбра́м
dombrám
accusative домбру́
dombrú 		домбры́
dombrý
instrumental домбро́й, домбро́ю
dombrój, dombróju 		домбра́ми
dombrámi
prepositional домбре́
dombré 		домбра́х
dombráx

Derived terms

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