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 دنبک (donbak). Doublet of tombak.

Noun

dumbek (plural dumbeks or dumbek)

1. 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.