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atabaque.

kettledrum

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.taˈba.ki/Brazil/ɐ.tɐˈba.kɨ/Portugal[ɐ.tɐˈβa.kɨ]Portugal/ɐ.tɐˈba.kɨ/Portugal, Southern

  1. kettledrum

    masculine

  2. timbales

    masculine

  3. atabaque

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atabaque, borrowed from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq), from طَابَق (ṭābaq), borrowed from Middle Persian tʾp̄k', from Proto-Iranian *tāpaka-, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Cognate with Spanish tabaque (“wicker basket”).

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