atabaque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese atabaque, from Arabic الطَّبَق (aṭ-ṭabaq, “plate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑːtəˈbɑːki/, /ˌætəˈbæki/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

atabaque (plural atabaques)

  1. A tall Afro-Brazilian hand drum, traditionally having its shell made of jacaranda wood.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic الطَّبَق (aṭ-ṭabaq, “plate”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ataˈbake/
    • Rhymes: -ake
    • Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ba‧que

    Noun

    atabaque m (plural atabaques)

    1. (music) kettledrum
      Synonym: atabal

    Descendants

    • Portuguese: atabaque
      • → English: atabaque

    References

    • Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “atabaque”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atabaque, borrowed from Arabic طَبَق (ṭabaq), from طَابَق (ṭābaq), borrowed from Middle Persian tʾp̄k', from Proto-Iranian *tāpaka-. Cognate with Spanish tabaque (“wicker basket”).

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɐˈba.kɨ/ [ɐ.tɐˈβa.kɨ]

      • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aki, (Portugal) -akɨ
      • Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ba‧que

      Noun

      atabaque m (plural atabaques)

      1. kettledrum
        Synonym: atabal
      2. timbales
      3. atabaque

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      References

      This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.