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This page features translations of traditional musical instrument terms in different languages from Western Asia, accompanied by pictures and videos.

Percussion

Daf

Persian
دف

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnxV05Jj5og

Qaval

Azerbaijani
qaval

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bV2-X2P1OQ

Azerbaijani:

Tabla

Assamese	Bengali	Bihari	Gujarati	Hindi	Malayalam	Marathi	Nepali	Oriya	Pashto	Panjabi	Sanskrit	Sinhala	Tamil	Telugu	Urdu
তবলা	তবলা	तबला	તબલા	तबला	തബല	तबला	तबला	ତବଲା	طبله‎	ਤਬਲਾ	तबला	තබ්ලාව	தபலா	తబలా	طبلہ‎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQrFbXX-o0E

String

Dutâr

Persian
دوتار

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4VopyHJRc

Persian:

Ghaychak

Persian
غیچک

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYHXjbzjKbk

Rubab

Hindi	Kashmiri	Pashto	Persian	Sindhi
रबाब	رَبابہٕ	رُباب	رُباب	روباب

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ0rrHv78Yg

Setar

Persian
سه‌تار

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWo43RhfRk

Persian:

Tanbur

Kurdish	Persian
ته‌مبوور tembûr	تنبور

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJpMDFgVTX0

Kurdish:

Tanpura

Assamese	Bengali	Hindi	Malayalam	Marathi	Panjabi	Sanskrit	Tamil	Telugu
তানপুৰা	তানপুরা	तानपूरा	തംബുരു	तंबोरा	ਤੰਬੂਰਾ	तंबूरा	தம்புரா	తంబుర

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZi53ZQPVo

Hindustani:

Tar

Persian
تار

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DcrwHqPcFo

Persian:

Wind

Ney

Persian
نی

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKFjixNeL5s

Persian:

Zurna

Persian
سرنا

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