Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA percussion instrument thought to have originated in Africa · A form of Hyderabadi music inspired by Afro-Arab music that typically uses such instruments
Borrowed from Urdu مرفع (marfa’), ultimately from Yemeni Arabic مرفع (marfa’, “kettledrum”).
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