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Masḥūra (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?
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Masḥoûrah

Transliteration in Sachs and Marcuse; ➺ Zoummārah; Elsner/Labès refer to it with the remark that it can be linked with the mouthpiece [?] of a Zummāra, but I am unable to imagine what that implies.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile] (Masḥûra).

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (Mashūra: »Grove, 5th ed. (Farmer); »Hickmann [sic]).

Elsner, Jürgen & Jabès, Andrée: Der Arġūl. In: Collaer [et al.]: Nordafrika (1983), p.42.