tombak

Borrowed from Persian تنبک (tonbak). Doublet of dumbek.

• tonbak, dombak, donbak

tombak (plural tombaks)

1. (music) A type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian music.
   • 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).

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• Tonbak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Dutch, from Malay tembaga (“copper”), from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra). Entered Dutch usage during colonial period. Doublet of tumbaga.

• tombac, tambac, tomback

tombak (uncountable)

1. A brass alloy also known as red-bronze. Term used where zinc content is below 28%. Usually consists of 84-90 % copper and 16-10% zinc, sometimes including arsenic to mimic gold.

• Dutch brass
• German brass

• “tombac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Dutch tombak.

• IPA^(key): /tɔmbak/, [ˈtˢɔmb̥ɑɡ̊]

tombak n or c (singular definite tombakket or tombakken, not used in plural)

1. tombac

• tombak on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

tombak (plural tombak-tombak)

1. spear

• IPA^(key): /ˈtombak/ [ˈt̪om.baʔ]

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• Rhymes: -ombaʔ, -baʔ, -aʔ
• Hyphenation: tom‧bak

tombak (Jawi spelling تومبق, plural tombak-tombak)

1. spear

• “tombak”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017