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rababs

rababs is the plural of rabab.

Meaning of rabab

Noun

rabab (plural rababs)

  1. An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
    • The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 846

Questions about rababs

What is rababs the plural of?
Rababs is the plural of rabab.

Words near rababs in the dictionary

  1. Raatzes
  2. Raavan
  3. Raaya
  4. Rab
  5. rabab
  6. rababs
  7. Rabadan
  8. Rabadans
  9. rabadi
  10. Rabadis
  11. Rabago

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