goblet drum

noun

A drum (membranophone) with a goblet-shaped body, usually one-headed.

Meanings

noungoblet drum (plural goblet drums)

plural goblet drums

  1. entertainmentA drum (membranophone) with a goblet-shaped body, usually one-headed.
  2. entertainmentA drum, shaped like a goblet, from the Middle East and North Africa; a darbuka.

    Synonyms: chalice drum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA drum, shaped like a goblet, from the Middle East and North Africa; a darbuka.

Also see

Translations

Arabic دَرْبُوكَة, دَرْبُوكَة
  • دَرْبُوكَة (darbūka)drum with a goblet-shaped body
  • دَرْبُوكَة (darbūka)drum from the Middle-East and North Africa
Catalan djembé
  • djembédrum from the Middle-East and North Africa
Finnish darbuka
  • darbukadrum from the Middle-East and North Africa
Hebrew דרבוקה
  • דרבוקה (darbúka)drum from the Middle-East and North Africa
Polish darbuka, darbuka
  • darbukadrum with a goblet-shaped body
  • darbukadrum from the Middle-East and North Africa
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goblet drum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goblet%20drum.

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