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tambac

tambac is the archaic form of tombak.

Meaning of tombak

Noun (1)

tombak (plural tombaks)

  1. A type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian music.
    • MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals...2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2022
    Synonyms:
    zarb

Noun (2)

tombak (uncountable)

  1. A brass alloy also known as red-bronze, usually containing 82-99% copper and the rest usually zinc.

Questions about tambac

What is tambac the archaic form of?
Tambac is the archaic form of tombak.

Words near tambac in the dictionary

  1. Tamay
  2. Tamayo
  3. Tamayos
  4. Tamays
  5. Tamazight
  6. tambac
  7. Tambacounda
  8. tambak
  9. tambaks
  10. tambala
  11. tambalacoque

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tambac (page history and authors); tombak (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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