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< tabi
Tablas >
tab·la
(tä
bl
, t
b
l
)
KEY
NOUN:
A small hand drum of northern India.
ETYMOLOGY:
Hindi
tabl
, from Arabic
abla
, from Aramaic
abl
,
drum
,
perhaps of Persian origin
; akin to Middle Persian
tumbag
,
drum
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