Usually means: Traditional stringed instrument from Persia.
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  6. Tanbur (disambiguation), Tanbur: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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▸ noun:  (music) In classical Turkish music, a long-necked, fretted, plucked lute, or various similar lutes of West and Central Asia.

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