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Muwāṣil / Muwāṣṣil (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?

original: ?

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Hornpipe without a mouthpiece

Identical types: 25
Argul / Arġūl

Transliteration in Elsner/Jabès; NB¹: Unfortunately, the authors, who mention the name among the "various sizes and varieties", fail to provide essential details; NB²: Not having detected any confirmation in the available sources, I have the impression that there is a relation between the name of this instrument and the verb waṣala (to unite, link, create a connection; NB³: ➺ Wasla and Mauṣūl) ...


Sources

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