different between abab vs rabab

Ibatan

Noun

abab

1. hollow tree that has fallen to the ground

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese abab (????), from Old Javanese abab (“breathing, exhaling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?abap?]
• Hyphenation: abab

Noun

abab (first-person possessive ababku, second-person possessive ababmu, third-person possessive ababnya)

1. bad breath
2. (dialect) exhale

Further reading

• “abab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish abb.

Interjection

abab

1. fie!, pshaw!, oh for shame!

Noun

abab m

1. filth, dirt

Related terms

• ababardaich

References

• “abab” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.

English

Alternative forms

• rebab

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (rab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???bæb/

Noun

rabab (plural rababs)

1. An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 846:

     The hired musicians—rabab, hand drums, and ghärawnay, or Chinese flute—had learned “Kalinka” and “Ochi Chorniya”

Anagrams

• Babar