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darabukka

darabukka is the alternative form of darbuka.

Meaning of darbuka

Noun

darbuka (plural darbukas)

  1. A type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa.
    • Assembled guests participate by clapping their hands to mark the rhythm. In rare cases, however, is the little drum duf or darbaka employed.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 370

Forms of darabukka

pluraldarabukkas

Questions about darabukka

What is darabukka the alternative form of?
Darabukka is the alternative form of darbuka.

Words near darabukka in the dictionary

  1. dar'st
  2. Dara
  3. Daraa
  4. Daraawiish
  5. Daraawiish State
  6. darabukka
  7. darabukkas
  8. daraelitid
  9. daraelitids
  10. daraf
  11. darafs

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