barbat

• barbud

Borrowed from Persian بربط (barbat, barbot), from Middle Persian, possibly from Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos), an unrelated musical instrument.

barbat (plural barbats)

1. (historical) An ancient Persian plucked lute with a pear-shaped body, a flat belly, an angled back near the pegbox, and a fretless neck.
   • 2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 April 2022:

     MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• "Barbat" in Encyclopedia Iranica

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bərˈbat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baɾˈbat]
• Rhymes: -at

barbat (feminine barbada, masculine plural barbats, feminine plural barbades)

1. past participle of barbar