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Argul / Arġūl (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: al-

original: ارغول

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Etymologically a metaplasm of Arabic اورغون (urġūn [organ (musical instrument)]); NB¹: One of the generic names for the 3 sizes of this double clarinet; NB²: Transliteration according to a system accepted, after 1935, as official by many scholars; NB³: According to Kuhač, "an instrument of the Fellahin" [literally: "peasants / farmers"; ws]; NB4: Arabic spelling according to Wikipedia: أرغول or يرغول (!); NB5: ➺ related terms; NB6: ➺ Dūnāy, Mizmār muṭannā and Mizmār muzawaǧ.


Sources

Elsner, Jürgen & Jabès, Andrée: Der Arġūl. In: Collaer [et al.]: Nordafrika (1983), p.42-46 (arġūl [passim]; »Hickmann).

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.92, 94, 360 (Argul).

Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.76 (argul).

Web

Archive.org (Kuhač).
Wikipedia (Arghul)
Merriam-Webster dictionary (metaplasm).