Definitions for rebab

rebab re·bab

Spelling: [ri-bahb]
IPA: /rɪˈbɑb/

Rebab is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in rebab (abber).

Definitions for rebab

noun

  1. a Near Eastern fiddle having one to three strings and played with a bow.

Origin of rebab

1730-40; Arabic rabāb; see rebec

Examples for rebab

This rebab is an exact counterpart of the rebec formerly popular in Western Europe.

Orpheus is holding an instrument, which appears to be a rebab, against his chin, in the act of bowing and stopping the strings.

We have had some singing to-night, and playing of the rebab.

He was very angry when told to go, and broke a rebab we had given him to play on, for he could both play and sing well.

The bow developed very slowly in Europe and remained a crude instrument as long as it was applied to the rebab and its hybrids.

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