tabla
pronunciation
How to pronounce tabla in British English:
UK [ˈtæblə]
How to pronounce tabla in American English:
US [ˈtɑblə, ˈtʌblə]
Word Origin
- tabla (n.)
- pair of drums used in northern Indian music, 1865, from Hindi, from Arabic tabl "a drum played with the hand."
Example
- 1. The native american flute and the tabla drone from india and occasional nature sounds .
- 2. For those seking cultural enrichment , varanasi offers opportunities to learn a clssical instrument such as the tabla or the sitar .
- 3. Police say the shooting started friday morning at a firing range ( in kannat tabla ) where the gunman was employed .
- 4. After graduating from the eastman school of music in rochester , new york , he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the smithsonian institution to study the tabla , an indian percussion instrument , in varanasi ( benares ) , uttar pradesh , india .
- 5. Police say the shooting started friday morning at a firing range ( in kannat tabla ) where the gunman was employed . He then drove to another part of the island ( last command post ) and opened fire on a crowd of tourists , wounding eight people , including two children .