Definitions

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  • noun A type of stringed instrument found throughout the world, similar to a lute.

Etymologies

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Hindi तम्पूरा, from Arabic طنبور (ṭunbūr, "drum, cylinder").

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Examples

  • So have I in a couple of places -- now it's a still of Tabu as Ashima playing a tambura in Namesake.

    Professor seeks grader, preferably Victorian 2009

  • When the supporters singing it, the narrator moves the hand karcheif along with andelu, with the other hand playing tambura and makes a dance with the rhythmic sound of legbells and moves around all over the stage.

    Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2006

  • One prime narrator of the story with tambura, three andelu, gajjelu , and one karcheif and two supporters with gummeta/ dimkee.

    Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2006

  • One prime narrator of the story with tambura, three andelu, gajjelu , and one karcheif and two supporters with gummeta/ dimkee.

    Archive 2006-11-01 kesav 2006

  • When the supporters singing it, the narrator moves the hand karcheif along with andelu, with the other hand playing tambura and makes a dance with the rhythmic sound of legbells and moves around all over the stage.

    Archive 2006-11-01 kesav 2006

  • The congregation begin to make themselves comfortable in their seats, and Trudie and I try to follow suit, dozing to the pleasant cadences of guitars strummed in major keys and the easy rhythm of a tambura.

    Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003

  • She could boogie all night to just a drum and a tambura.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • She could boogie all night to just a drum and a tambura.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • She could boogie all night to just a drum and a tambura.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • The high-spirited Next Time We Take Your Instruments recalled the threat made to a busking Räfven by German police; a fierce tambura lute-intro on Stortrappen dovetailed with trombone and twanging double bass.

    Evening Standard - Home Jane Cornwell 2011

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