tabla

Etymology

From Hindustani طبلہ (t̤blh) / तबला (tablā), from Arabic طَبْلَة (ṭabla). Cognate of Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese tambor.

noun

  1. (music) A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
    Idealized membranes, plates and bars are clearly inadequate and give way to the reality of tablas, gongs and zanzas. 2013, Simon Emmerson, Living Electronic Music, page 20

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