тръба

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫba, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): [trɐˈba]

тръба́ • (trǎbá) f (diminutive тръби́ца or тръби́чка)

1. (music) trumpet, horn
2. pipe, tube (conduit)

Originally referring specifically to the music instrument. Later generalized by association to refer to any prolonged conducting shape.

• тръ́мба (trǎ́mba), труба́ (trubá) — with dialectal reflex of proto-Slavic -ǫ-

• тръбя́ (trǎbjá, “to blow a trumpet”)
  • тръба́ч (trǎbáč, “trumpeter”)
• тръбопрово́д (trǎboprovód, “pipeline”)
• тръ́бен (trǎ́ben) (adjective)

• тромпе́т (trompét, “trumpet”) (French borrowing)
• тро́мба (trómba), тромбо́н (trombón, “trombon”) (Italian borrowings)

• “тръба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тръба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “трѫба”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

• ръбат (rǎbat)