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arghool

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[ahr-gool] / ɑrˈgul /

noun

  1. an Arabian wind instrument of the oboe family, consisting of two pipes, one of which is a drone.

Etymology

Origin of arghool

From the dialectal Arabic word arghūl

Example Sentences

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The wild clamor of trumpet, pipe, cymbal and sistrum, with the long drone of the arghool as undertone, drifted by.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

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