Tambura

Tambura may refer to:

Musical string instruments

• Tanbur, a category of long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran)
  • Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura
  • Tanpura, a stringed drone instrument played in India
  • Kurdish tanbur, used in Yarsan rituals
  • Turkish tambur, an instrument played in Turkey
  • Yaylı tambur, an instrument played in Turkey
  • Tanbūra (lyre), an instrument played in East Africa and the Middle East
• Tambura saz, string instrument from the Bağlama family from Turkey
• Balkan tambura, an instrument used in the Balkan region (primarily used in Bulgaria)
• Tamburica, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe
• Tambouras, an instrument played in Greece

Other

• Tambura River, Romania
• Tumbura, a town in South Sudan
  • Tumbura Airport, an airport serving the above town
• Tambur, an old name for Hemşin, a town in Rize Province, Turkey
• "Tambura", a hidden track from P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown

See also

• Bandura, a Ukrainian instrument
• Dombra, an instrument in Kazakhstan, Siberia and Afghanistan
• Domra, a Russian instrument
• Pandura, an instrument played in Ancient Greece and other ancient civilisations from the Mediterranean basin
• Tambora (disambiguation)
• Tambourine (disambiguation)