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Habbān (m)

(with) definite article: al-Habbān

original: ? (Arabic (UAE))

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Hibbān

According to Sayyid Hamid Hurreiz, »Folklore and folklife in the United Arab Emirates« (London & New York, 2002), p.183, "the word "ḥabbān" in Persian means bag", oddly adding that "This instrument looks like the Scottish bagpipes"; NB: According to the Oman Centre for Traditional Music "the term itself is generic, [whereas] in Oman the Habban is more specifically a variant of the Great Highland bagpipe which has been incorporated into local music; NB: ➺ Kuwait.


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Wikipedia (»Hurreiz, »Oman Centre).
Google books (Hurriez [Find habban: p.134, 183 (189, 190: index)]).