tamboura


tam·bou·ra

or tam·bu·ra T0030200 (tŭm-bo͝or′ə) also tan·bur (tän-bo͝or′)n. Any of various long-necked stringed instruments, plucked or bowed, used in South and Southwest Asia, Southeast Europe, and North and East Africa.
[Ultimately (partially via Hindi Urdu tambūra, Modern Greek tambouras, and Turkish tambur) from Arabic ṭunbūr and Persian tanbūr, a kind of long-necked stringed instrument, both from Middle Persian, a kind of long-necked stringed instrument, perhaps (with metathesis of consonants) from Greek pandoura, three-string lute; see mandolin.]

tamboura

(tæmˈbʊərə) n (Instruments) an instrument with a long neck, four strings, and no frets, used in Indian music to provide a drone[from Persian tanbūr, from Arabic tunbūr]