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rabel

rebec — a shepherds' bowed string instrumentinstrumento pastoril de cuerda que se toca con arco

Comes from Arabic

رَبَاب

rabāb

“the rababa, a bowed instrument”«el rabab, instrumento de arco»

Arabic today says

رَبَابَة

rabāba

Root

ر ب ب

r-b-b

The article

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The story

Romance changed the ending (-ab > -el). The rabāba of the Bedouin poets is a direct relative of the Castilian shepherds' rebec.El romance cambió la terminación (-ab > -el). La rabāba de los poetas beduinos es pariente directa del rabel de los pastores castellanos.

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