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Rabab

रबाब

also written: Rubab

Meaning

A short-necked plucked lute of Afghanistan and North India, ancestor of the sarod.

See it in the verse

Rabab in Iqbal’s couplets

Main tujh ko batata hun taqdir-e-umam kya hai
Shamsheer-o-sinan avval taaus-o-rubab aakhir

Let me tell you the fate of nations: the sword and the spear come first, the peacock and the lute come last.

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Related words

Sarod

Song, melody, or a stringed musical instrument.

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