atabal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish atabal, from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”). Compare tabor, tymbal, tabla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈætəbɑːl/
Noun
atabal (plural atabals)
- A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
- 1816, George Croly, Czerni George:
- The night was wild, the atabal / Scarce echoed on the rampart wall.
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Anagrams
- albata, balata
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ataˈbal/ [a.t̪aˈβ̞al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: a‧ta‧bal
Noun
atabal m (plural atabales)
- atabal (kind of tabor used by the Moors)
Descendants
- → English: atabal
Further reading
- “atabal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014