tabla  Function: noun
Etymology: Arabic; Urdu/Hindi from Arabic, connoting sublime timbral pleasure
1 : goblet drum; term used in Palestine, aka dumbek, darbukka
2 : pair of hand-finger drums from the northern regions of South Asia; its humble origins as a folk-religious instrument are likely located in the foothills of the Punjab; initially developed and performed as a sophisticated art-music instrument by hereditary musician groups (castes) who were ascribed low social status by their elite patrons; underwent bourgeoisification largely due to 20th century nationalist musical revival movements led by V.N. Bhatkhande and V.D.Paluskar, resulting in first-generation, non-hereditary performers of the instrument who at present dominate the scene; its cultural/physical diffusion from South Asia was executed primarily by two great performers of the mid to late 20th century: Ustad Allah Rakha and his son Ustad Zakir Hussain; at present the most popular Hindustani musical instrument of transnational stature; an instrument that has adapted favourably to changes in recording technology: sampled in numerous film soundtracks, employed in hundreds of fusion bands; performed and adored by numerous people of South Asian and non-South Asian background; an ubiquitous digitized, sonic, floating signifier in many soundscapes of the early 21st century

Lowell Lybarger

tron  Function: noun suffix
Etymology: Greek, suffix denoting an instrument; akin to Old English -thor, suffix denoting an instrument, Latin -trum
1 : vacuum tube <magnetron>
2 : device for the manipulation of subatomic particles <cyclotron>

ic  Function: adjective suffix
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Latin; Old French -ique, from Latin -icus -- more at -Y
1 : having the character or form of : being <panoramic> : consisting of <runic>
2 : of or relating to <aldermanic> b : related to, derived from, or containing <alcoholic>
3 : in the manner of : like that of : characteristic of <Byronic>
4 : associated or dealing with <Vedic> : utilizing <electronic>
5 : characterized by : exhibiting <nostalgic> : affected with <allergic>
6 : caused by <amoebic>
7 : tending to produce <analgesic>
8 : having a valence relatively higher than in compounds or ions named with an adjective ending in -ous <ferric iron>

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