rebab
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rebab
1730–40; < Arabic rabāb; rebec
Example Sentences
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He said that the rebab stint is not court-mandated but that he’s doing it to get his son back.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022
Another buried his rebab, a stringed instrument, in his courtyard.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021
A quintet given to spicing the group sound with finger cymbals, a one-stringed rebab, and a scraped ram's horn turns its talents to exploring Leader-Composer Lateef's oriental-flavored jazz fancies.
From Time Magazine Archive
That lasted so until one night the son of the cadi and the son of the caliph went to a young man who knew how to play on the flute and the rebab.
From Moorish Literature by Basset, René
Orpheus is holding an instrument, which appears to be a rebab, against his chin, in the act of bowing and stopping the strings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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