tabla /ˈtäblə, ˈtɑblə 
/ ▸ noun a pair of small hand drums attached together, used in Indian music; one is slightly larger than the other and is played using pressure from the heel of the hand to vary the pitch.
– ORIGIN from Persian and Urdu tablah, Hindi tablā, from Arabic ṭabl ‘drum’.
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