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- Arabic · derived fromطَبْلَة
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todaytabla
From Hindustani طبلہ / तबला (tablā), from Arabic طَبْلَة (ṭabla). Cognate of Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese tambor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tabla
Today it means: A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos. Full definition →
Hindustani ← Arabic طَبْلَة