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Rabab vs Rubab - What's the difference?

rabab | rubab |

As nouns the difference between rabab and rubab

is that rabab is an Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow while rubab is a traditional Central Asian lute-like musical instrument.

rabab

English

Alternative forms

* rebab

Noun

(en noun)
  • An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 846:
    • The hired musicians—rabab , hand drums, and ghärawnay , or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”

    rubab

    English

    Alternative forms

    * robab

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a traditional Central Asian lute-like musical instrument