Rubab (instrument)
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Rubab, robab or rabab (Pashto: رباب, Punjabi: ਰੱਬਾਬ, Urdu: رباب, Azerbaijani: Rübab, Turkish: Rübab, Persian: رُباب rubāb, Tajik and Uzbek рубоб) is a lute-like musical instrument originating from central Afghanistan. It derives its name from the Arab rebab which means "played with a bow" but in Central Asia the instrument is plucked and is distinctly different in construction. The rubab is mainly used by Pashtun, Sikh, Tajik, Turkish, Kashmiri, Baluch, Azerbaijani, and Iranian Kurdish classical musicians. Rabab is a national music instrument of Afghanistan.
Rbab (Arabic: رباب) is an Arabic word. According to the Arabic diacritics, vowels between consonants - apart from Alif (Aleph) are not written but articulates. Harakat (movement = inflection of vowels) with Fatḥah similar to Acute accent Rabab (Arabic: رَباب, with Kasrah Rebab (Arabic: رِباب) and with Ḍammah Rubab or Robab (Arabic: رُباب and Rubabah Persian: رُبابه. In context, the inflections and thus with respect to the meanings of words John Richardson has written in 1777 the first English-Arabic-Persian dictionary. Here are just a few meanings mentioned. Rabab or Rubab as:
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