Meanings
plural guembris · alternative gimbri · alternative ginbri · alternative guimbri
- entertainmentA kind of lute used by Berber musicians.
A mu'alim (master musician) directs his musicians even as he also actively participates by playing an instrument known as the guembri to help draw the attention of the spirit world. The guembri, a three-stringed lute plucked with the fingers to […]
2016, Abdelmajid Hannoum, Practicing Sufism: Sufi Politics and Performance in Africa, Routledge, →ISBN, page 137Synonyms: sintir
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of lute used by Berber musicians.
Origin
- Arabicكَمْبْرِي
- Arabicكَمْبْرِي
- Englishguembri
Borrowed from Arabic كَمْبْرِي (kambrī).
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