atabal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish atabal, from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”). Compare tabor, tymbal, tabla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈætəbɑːl/

Noun

atabal (plural atabals)

1. A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
   • 1816, George Croly, Czerni George:

     The night was wild, the atabal / Scarce echoed on the rampart wall.

   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer:

     the trump, the gong, and the atabal. (III, xx)

Anagrams

• albata, balata

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الطَّبْل (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ (ṭabala, “to drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ataˈbal/ [a.t̪aˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧bal

Noun

atabal m (plural atabales)

1. atabal (kind of tabor used by the Moors)

Descendants

• → English: atabal

Further reading

• “atabal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10