домра

Russian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, from Persian تنبور (tanbur). Compare Kazakh домбыра (dombyra), Uzbek dombira, Bashkir думбыра (dumbıra).

Doublet of домбра́ (dombrá) and танбу́р (tanbúr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdomrə]

Noun

до́мра • (dómra) f inan (genitive до́мры, nominative plural до́мры, genitive plural домр)

1. domra (round-bodied lute of East Slavic origin with either three or four strings)

Declension

Declension of до́мра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	до́мра dómra	до́мры dómry
genitive	до́мры dómry	до́мр dómr
dative	до́мре dómre	до́мрам dómram
accusative	до́мру dómru	до́мры dómry
instrumental	до́мрой, до́мрою dómroj, dómroju	до́мрами dómrami
prepositional	до́мре dómre	до́мрах dómrax

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “домра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress