دمبلك
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- دنبلك (dümbelek), تومبلك (tümbelek), دومبلك (dümbelek), دونبلك (dümbelek)
Etymology
Alterations of دنبك (dümbek), تنبك (tümbek), from Classical Persian تُنْبَک (tunbak), probably mixed with other words as in particular طاول (davul) from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).
Noun
دمبلك • (dümbelek or tümbelek)
- a small drum, tambourine
Derived terms
- دمبلكجی (dümbelekci)
Descendants
- Turkish: dümbelek
- → Greek: τουμπελέκι (toumpeléki), τουμπερλέκι n (toumperléki), ντουμπελέκι n (ntoumpeléki)
- → English: toubeleki
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تومبلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 417
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دمبلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 914