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Vinony

tabor

noun

  1. type of fortification in Europe
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/

name

Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew תָּבוֹר (Tāḇôr), of uncertain origin.

  1. A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor
  2. The Transfiguration of Jesus

    “the light of Tabor”

noun

Etymology: From various Slavic languages, from a Turkic language. Compare Ottoman Turkish طابور (tabur).

  1. A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.

    “A Polish-Lithuanian tabor besieged by twenty or thirty thousand Tartars must have closely resembled the overland wagon trains of American pioneers attacked by the Sioux or the Cherokee.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French tabour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), ultimately from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tambour and tanbur.

  1. To make (a sound) with a tabor.
  2. To strike lightly and frequently.