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tamboura
CIDE DICTIONARY
tamboura, n.
A stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck, used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called also tambur , tambour , and tampur . [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tamboura, n. Mus. an Indian stringed instrument used as a drone.
Etymology
Arab. tanbura
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