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darbuka

UK/ˌdɑːˈbuːkə/

darbuka noun: a type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa.

darbuka: a type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa
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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

darbuka meaning in Bengali

darbuka in Bengali

এক ধরনের গবলেট ড্রাম

Forms of darbuka

pluraldarbukas
alternative formdarbouka
alternative formtarbouka

Origin of darbuka

Borrowed from Arabic دَرْبُوكَة (darbūka).

Questions about darbuka

What does darbuka mean?
Darbuka means a type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa.
What is darbuka in Bengali?
Darbuka in Bengali is এক ধরনের গবলেট ড্রাম. See Darbuka meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is darbuka?
Darbuka is a noun.
How do you pronounce darbuka?
Darbuka is pronounced /ˌdɑːˈbuːkə/ (UK).
What is the plural of darbuka?
The plural of darbuka is darbukas.

Words near darbuka in the dictionary

  1. darboukas
  2. Darboux
  3. Darboux's formula
  4. Darboux's theorem
  5. darbs
  6. darbuka
  7. darbukah
  8. darbukas
  9. darby
  10. Darby and Joan
  11. Darbyism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: darbuka (page history and authors); darbuka (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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