dumbek

See also: dümbek

English

Alternative forms

dumbec, doumbek, dumbeg, dumbelek, doumbec, dumbelek

Etymology

From Modern Turkish dümbek, from Ottoman Turkish دنبك (dümbek), from Persian (donbak). Doublet of tombak.

Noun

dumbek (plural dumbeks or dumbek)

A Middle Eastern goblet drum.
- 2000, John Marshall, Hand Drums for Beginners: An Easy Beginning Method, →ISBN, page 33:
  The Middle Eastern jar shaped drum generally referred to as the dumbek is gaining enormous popularity among today's hand percussionists.
- 2010, Randy Raine-Reusch, Play The World: The 101 Instrument Primer, →ISBN:
  Dumbek are used in a wide range of ensembles in both classical and folk music.
- 2014, Robin Wayne Bailey, Swords Against the Shadowland, →ISBN:
  Behind her, a band of drummers hesitated in mid-beat over now-silent dumbeks.

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