noun
Origin: Fr timbale, altered (by assoc. with cymbale, cymbal) < earlier attabale < Sp atabal, a Moorish kettledrum < Ar aṭ-ṭabl < al, the + ṭabl, drum: cf. tabla
See timbal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also tym·bal
nounOrigin:
Origin: French timbale
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , alteration (influenced by cymbale, cymbals)
Origin: of tamballe
Origin: , alteration (influenced by tambour, drum)
Origin: of Old Spanish atabal, small drum
Origin: , from Arabic aṭ-ṭabl, the drum
Origin: : al-, the
Origin: + ṭabl, drum; see tabla
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