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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAMBOURA

From Persian tanbūr, from Arabic tunbūr.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TAMBOURA

tamboura  [tæmˈbʊərə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAMBOURA

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Tamboura is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAMBOURA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tambura

The word Tambura refers to several stringed musical instruments: ▪ The Tanbur long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia. This is the main article that speaks about the origins, types and variants of tanbur. ▪ The Iranian tanbur used in Ahl-e Haqq rituals. ▪ The Turkish tambur instrument in Turkey. ▪ The Tanpura in India, used as a drone instrument. ▪ The yaylı tanbur is also played in Turkey ▪ The Tambura played in Macedonia and Bulgaria. ▪ The Tamburica instruments, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe. ▪ The Tambouras instrument in Greece. ▪ The Tanbūra instrument in East Africa and the Middle East. ▪ The Tambur is an instrument in XinJiang The word may also refer to: ▪ The Tambura River in Romania. ▪ Tumbura, a town in South Sudan. ▪ Tumbura Airport, an airport serving the above town. ▪ "Tambura", a hidden track from P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown...

Definition of tamboura in the English dictionary

The definition of tamboura in the dictionary is an instrument with a long neck, four strings, and no frets, used in Indian music to provide a drone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAMBOURA


assurer
əˈʃʊərə
bravura
brəˈvjʊərə
Bujumbura
ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊərə
caricatura
ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊərə
dura
ˈdjʊərə
insurer
ɪnˈʃʊərə
Jayapura
ˌdʒɑːjɑːˈpʊərə
jura
ˈdʒʊərə
Madura
məˈdʊərə
Mathura
ˈmʌtʊərə
mura
ˈmʊərə
natura
nəˈtʊərə
procurer
prəˈkjʊərə
shura
ˈʃʊərə
sura
ˈsʊərə
surah
ˈsʊərə
tambourer
ˌtæmˈbʊərə
tambura
ˌtæmˈbʊərə
tourer
ˈtʊərə
Usumbura
ˌuːzəmˈbʊərə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAMBOURA

tamarind
tamarisk
tamasha
Tamatave
Tamaulipas
tambac
tambala
Tambo
Tambora
tambour
tambourer
tambourin
tambourine
tambourinist
Tambov
tambur
tambura
Tamburlaine
tame
tameability

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAMBOURA

Angostura
aura
Bonaventura
Buenaventura
bura
datura
doura
Extremadura
goura
Kamakura
koura
Kura
laura
Piura
pleura
purpura
tempura
Tripura
velatura
vettura

Synonyms and antonyms of tamboura in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tamboura» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAMBOURA

Find out the translation of tamboura to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tamboura from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tamboura» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冬不拉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tamboura
570 millions of speakers

English

tamboura
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tamboura
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تامبورا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Tamboura
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tamboura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tamboura
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tamboura
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tamboura
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tamboura
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tamboura
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tamboura
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tamboura
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tamboura
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tamboura
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तंबाखू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tamburaya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tamboura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tamboura
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Tamboura
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tamboura
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ταμπουρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tamboura
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tamboura
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tamboura
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tamboura

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAMBOURA»

The term «tamboura» is regularly used and occupies the 85.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAMBOURA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tamboura» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tamboura» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tamboura

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAMBOURA»

Discover the use of tamboura in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tamboura and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Son-Jara:
Duintjer, Esger, Jan Jansen, Toumani Sidibe, and Boubacar Tamboura, eds., trans., Makan Sunjata: Manden buruju I L'histoire du Mande (Bamako, Mali: Editions Jamana, 1997) [M & F] [Mande and French edition of Jansen, Jan, Esger  ...
John William Johnson, 2003
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Adama Tamboura
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Adama Tamboura is a Malian football player currently playing for FC Metz.
Christabel Donatienne Ruby, 2011
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Writing the Wrongs
Tamboura hada female friend named Kendrathat hehad introduced me to. Since I had been in Cincinnati she had given me Janet Jackson's Poetic Justice braids, andwe spent a lot of time together in the process. She had known Tamboura for ...
Meleza Ulrich, 2012
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Trapped in Folklore?: Studies in Music and Dance Tradition ...
In the first half of the 20th century, tamboura (male) orchestras were established in rural areas as well (Mucic and Hazler 2012: 20, Dusic Gomik 2008: 14). Very soon, probably influenced by the urban practice, women also joined in (e.g. in ...
Drago Kunej, Ursa Sivic, 2013
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The music of the most ancient nations
The tamboura was played with a plectrum, and appears to have been sometimes, if not always, provided with frets. In the British Museum is a fragment of a fresco, obtained from a tomb in the Western Hills of Thebes, on which two female ...
Carl Engel, 1870
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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
According to Mr. Engel ('Musie cal Instruments,' 1874) the tambour or tamboura is their Eastern representative. There are several varieties of these instruments used in Turkey and Bulgaria. The large Turkish tamboura has a circular body, the  ...
G. Grove
7
Islam, Politics, Anthropology
The most subtle and elegant effort in this direction was led by the only invited male speaker, Temo Tamboura, who presented on the issue of violence against women. In his speech, Tamboura cited the weakness of Mali's civil society as the  ...
Filippo Osella, Benjamin Soares, 2010
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You Asked Aunt Rocky: Answers & Advice About Raqs Sharqi and ...
(A number of Hassan's family were leaders and sangaa's—male Zar leaders— Madiha points out.) Hassan: We used to have a hadra (Zar venue) every Saturday at home, and on each Saturday I would stay home. I loved to hold the tamboura ...
Morocco (C.Varga Dinicu), 2013
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Beatlesongs
20 Years Record) Road agrees no other Beatles participated and on Harrison's tamboura, Indian musicians' ... also playing swordmandel), and number of violins and cellos; Celebration agrees with Aspinall's tamboura and number of violins ...
William J. Dowlding, 2009
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The Musical Life: Reflections on What It Is and How to Live It
Bug. on. a. Tamboura. I. WANT TO BE A DOG or a dolphin. I want to hear through my cat's ears, to sing whale songs while being a whale. Have you noticed how the birds on country roads linger past the last second before they dart away from  ...
W. A. Mathieu, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAMBOURA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tamboura is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mali : Affaire Tidiane Niambélé, ministère des Sports contre les …
Parmi elles figurent le 1er capitaine du club, Issa Traoré dit Laïs, Sadia Cissé, Idrissa Tamboura (père de l'international Adama Tamboura) Ibrahim Sy, Moussa ... «Mali Actu, Jul 15»
2
Apple, ex-cons and second chances
Inmate Aly Tamboura writes computer code to complete an assignment as San Quentin State Prison inmates take advantage of the computer coding class. «San Francisco Chronicle, Apr 15»
3
Foot - National : l'USLD peut compter sur Hamadi Tamboura pour …
Régulièrement appelé Kirikou (en référence au personnage de fiction, qui court plus vite que son ombre), Hamadi Tamboura est l'un des hommes fort du ... «La Voix du Nord, Mar 15»
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Ex-Detroit cop sentenced up to 20 years in ID scam
A former Detroit police officer has been sentenced to serve up to 20 years in prison for using false police reports to improve people's credit scores. Tamboura ... «The Detroit News, Jan 15»
5
Rashid Tamboura : « Je souhaite porter les couleurs du Burkina »
Il a vécu au Burkina Faso jusqu'à l'âge de sept ans. Rashid Tamboura a connu plusieurs pays d'Afrique, dû aux mutations professionnelles de son père. «L'Actualité du Burkina 24h/24, Jan 15»
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Match facts: Ivory Coast vs Mali (Africa Cup of Nations)
Mali: Soumaila Diakite (Germain Berthe 72) - Drissa Diakite, Adama Tamboura, Salif Coulibaly, Molla Wague - Yacouba Sylla, Mamoutou N'Diaye, Seydou Keita ... «Ahram Online, Jan 15»
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San Francisco Nonprofit The Last Mile Teaches San Quentin …
At the front of the room stood Aly Tamboura, 48, who was identified as a star student. Tamboura is also a felon finishing his 14-year sentence for assault with a ... «NBC Bay Area, Dec 14»
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At San Quentin, from prisoner to programmer
Aly Tamboura, 48, had already completed building his game and had moved on to customizing its appearance — using HTML and CSS to turn the background ... «SFGate, Nov 14»
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Ebola crisis in Mali avoided Thanks to quick response teams and …
Mali's crisis began early last month, when Aminata Gueye Tamboura, 45, decided she had to act. Her daughter had married a Guinean and moved to southern ... «Capital Wired, Nov 14»
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Mali : Adama Tamboura : «Le match de l'Algérie sera difficile»
Vous êtes ici : » Afrique » Mali : Adama Tamboura : «Le match de l'Algérie sera difficile». Facebook|; Twitter|; Rss · CR Belouizdad · CS Constantine · ES Sétif ... «Le Buteur, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tamboura [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tamboura>. May 2024 ».
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