Etymology

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Today it means: A cymbalom, or hammered dulcimer, used in klezmer music. Full definition →

Yiddish צימבל
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  1. Yiddish · derived fromצימבל
  2. English todaytsimbl

From Yiddish צימבל (tsimbl). Doublet of cymbal.

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