"tabla" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tablas [plural]
Etymology: From Hindustani طبلہ / तबला (tablā), from Arabic طَبْلَة (ṭabla). Cognate of Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese tambor. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{m|ur|طبلہ}} طبلہ, {{m|hi|तबला}} तबला (tablā), {{der|en|ar|طَبْلَة}} Arabic طَبْلَة (ṭabla), {{cog|ca|-}} Catalan, {{cog|es|-}} Spanish, {{cog|pt|tambor}} Portuguese tambor, {{root|en|ar|ط ب ل}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} tabla (plural tablas)
  1. (music) A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos. Wikipedia link: tabla Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Percussion instruments Derived forms: tablaist Translations (an Indian drum): տաբլա (tabla) (Armenian), তবলা (tobola) (Assamese), তবলা (tobola) (Bengali), तबला (Bihari), табла (tabla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tabla [masculine] (Catalan), 塔布拉鼓 (tǎbùlāgǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tabla [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), tabla [masculine] (French), Tabla [feminine, masculine] (German), તબલા (tablā) [masculine] (Gujarati), טַאבְּלָה (tabla) (Hebrew), तबला (tablā) [masculine] (Hindi), tablá (Hungarian), tabla [feminine] (Italian), タブラ (tabura) (Japanese), ತಬಲಾ (tabalā) (Kannada), 타블라 (tabeulla) (Korean), തബല (tabala) (Malayalam), तबला (tablā) [masculine] (Marathi), तबला (tablā) (Nepali), ତବଲା (tôbôla) (Odia), طبله (Pashto), طبله (Persian), ਤਬਲਾ (tablā) [masculine] (Punjabi), та́бла (tábla) [feminine] (Russian), तबला (tabalā) [masculine] (Sanskrit), та́бла [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tábla [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tabbella [feminine] (Sicilian), තබ්ලාව (tablāwa) (Sinhalese), tabla [masculine] (Spanish), தபலா (tapalā) (Tamil), తబలా (tabalā) (Telugu), та́бла (tábla) [feminine] (Ukrainian), طبلہ (tablā) [masculine] (Urdu)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tabalā",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तबला"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "та́бла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tábla"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tabbella"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "tablāwa",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "word": "තබ්ලාව"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tapalā",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "word": "தபலா"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tabalā",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "word": "తబలా"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tábla",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "та́бла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tablā",
      "sense": "an Indian drum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طبلہ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tabla"
}

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