tombak

tombak

English

Etymology 1

From Persian تنبک‎ (tombak).

Alternative forms

• tonbak
• dombak
• donbak

Noun

tombak (plural tombaks)

1. (music) A type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian music.

Synonyms

• zarb

Translations

type of goblet drum

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Danish: tombak c Finnish: darbuka French: tombak (fr) m German: Tombak (de) f Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Ido: tombako (io)

Italian: darabouka f Persian: تنبک‎ (fa) (tonbak) Portuguese: darabuca f, darbuca f Russian: томпа́к (ru) m (tompák) Swedish: tombak Tajik: тунбак (tg) (tunbak) Turkish: darbuka (tr)

See also

• Tonbak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Dutch, from Indonesian tembaga (“copper”), from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra). Entered Dutch usage during colonial period.

Alternative forms

• tombac, tambac

Noun

tombak (uncountable)

1. A brass alloy also known as red-bronze. Term used where zinc content is below 28%. Usually consists of 84-90 % copper and 16-10% zinc, sometimes including arsenic to mimic gold.

Synonyms

• Dutch brass
• German brass

Translations

brass with zinc content below 28%

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: տոմպակ (tompak), պղնձացինկ (hy) (płnjacʿink) Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Danish: tombak Finnish: tompakki French: tombac (fr) m German: Tombak (de) m

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Ido: tombako (io) Italian: tombacco m, similoro m Malay: tembaga Portuguese: tambaque m, tambaca f Russian: томпа́к (ru) m (tompák) Turkish: tombak (tr)

References

• tombac in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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Danish

Etymology

From Dutch tombak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔmbak/, [ˈtˢɔmb̥ɑɡ̊]

Noun

tombak n or c (singular definite tombakket or tombakken, not used in plural)

1. tombac

Further reading

• tombak on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Indonesian

Noun

tombak (plural tombak-tombak, first-person possessive tombakku, second-person possessive tombakmu, third-person possessive tombaknya)

1. spear

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Malay

Noun

tombak (plural tombak-tombak, informal first-person possessive tombakku, informal second-person possessive tombakmu, third-person possessive tombaknya)

1. spear