tabal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl). Compare Spanish atabal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈbal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taˈbal]

Noun

tabal m (plural tabals)

1. drum

   Synonyms: timbal, tambor

Derived terms

• atabalar
• tabaler
• tabalet
• timbal

Further reading

• “tabal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tabal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tabal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tabal (“drum; great ceremonial gathering”), from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl, “drumming, drumbeat; drum”), from Middle Iranian *tabir, tabil (“drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.bal/
• Rhymes: -bal
• Hyphenation: ta‧bal

Noun

tabal (plural tabal-tabal)

1. (obsolete) royal drum

Derived terms

• ditabalkan
• menabalkan
• penabalan
• tertabal

Further reading

• “tabal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Maltese

Root
t-b-l
2 terms

Alternative forms

• tabar

Etymology

From Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.bal/

Noun

tabal m (plural otbla or tbal)

1. drum

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtabal/ [ˈt̪aː.bɐl]
• Rhymes: -abal
• Syllabification: ta‧bal

Adjective

tabal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜎ᜔)

1. excessively leafy; excessive in foliage (resulting in fruitlessness or sterility in plants)

See also

• baog
• matsora

Noun

tabal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜎ᜔)

1. excessive growth of foliage (resulting in fruitlessness or sterility in plants)

Anagrams

• balat, tabla, talab