tabor

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English, from Old French tabour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), ultimately from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tambour and tanbur. ==== Noun ==== tabor (plural tabors) (music) A small drum. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe. ===== Derived terms ===== taborist taborer ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tabor (third-person singular simple present tabors, present participle taboring, simple past and past participle tabored) (transitive) To make (a sound) with a tabor. To strike lightly and frequently. === Etymology 2 === From various Slavic languages, from a Turkic language. Compare Ottoman Turkish طابور (tabur). ==== Noun ==== tabor (plural tabors) A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources. === Anagrams === rabot, Bator, Tobar, tobra, abort, Barot, Barto, Torba, boart, ORBAT == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Cognate with Ottoman Turkish طابور. === Noun === tabor (definite accusative taboru, plural taborlar) (military) battalion Synonym: batalyon ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tabor” in Obastan.com. == Old French == === Etymology === From Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian طبل (“drum”), related to Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), English tabla and tambour. === Noun === tabor oblique singular, m (oblique plural tabors, nominative singular tabors, nominative plural tabor) tambour (drum) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Czech tábor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.bɔr/ Rhymes: -abɔr Syllabification: ta‧bor Homophone: Tabor === Noun === tabor m inan (diminutive taborek, related adjective taborowy) (uncountable) vehicle fleet (uncountable) rolling stock (countable, historical) nomadic group of Gypsies Synonym: szatra (countable, historical, military) wagon fort ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === tabor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tabor in Polish dictionaries at PWN tabor in PWN's encyclopedia == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Hungarian tábor, from Ottoman Turkish طابور (tabur). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tâːbor/ === Noun === tȃbor m inan (Cyrillic spelling та̑бор) camp ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tabor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈboɾ/ [t̪aˈβ̞oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: ta‧bor === Noun === tabor m (plural tabores) (military) a small battalion === Further reading === “tabor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025