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bodhran

Or bodh·rán

[baw-rahn]

noun

  1. a handheld, shallow Irish drum with a single goatskin head, played with a stick.

bodhrán

/ baʊˈrɑːn, ˈboːrɑːn /

noun

  1. a shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bodhrán1

1965–70; Irish Gaelic bodhrán, from Middle Irish bodrán, from bodar “deafening, deaf”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bodhrán1

Irish Gaelic

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