Definition
A Malaysian and Indonesian percussion instrument made of wooden bars struck with mallets, similar to a xylophone.
Etymology
From Malay gambang, an instrument traditional to Southeast Asian gamelan orchestras. The word represents the instrument's own cultural origin, borrowed directly into English from Indonesian/Malay languages.
Kelly Says
The gambang is proof that different cultures invented essentially the same instrument independently—wooden bars and mallets make sense for percussion, and nearly every culture from Africa to Asia has a version!
Translations
ARالعربية
gambang
gam-bang
CACatalà
gambang
gam-bang
CSČeština
gambang
gam-bang
DEDeutsch
Gambang
gam-bang
ELΕλληνικά
gambang
gam-bang
ESEspañol
gambang
gam-bang
FRFrançais
gambang
gam-bang
HIहिन्दी
gambang
gam-bang
HUMagyar
gambang
gam-bang
IDBahasa Indonesia
gambang
gam-bang
ITItaliano
gambang
gam-bang
MSBahasa Melayu
gambang
gam-bang
MYမြန်မာ
gambang
gam-bang
NLNederlands
gambang
gam-bang
PLPolski
gambang
gam-bang
PTPortuguês
gambang
gam-bang
RORomână
gambang
gam-bang
RUРусский
gambang
gam-bang
SVSvenska
gambang
gam-bang
SWKiswahili
gambang
gam-bang
TEతెలుగు
gambang
gam-bang
TRTürkçe
gambang
gam-bang
UKУкраїнська
gambang
gam-bang
VITiếng Việt
gambang
gam-bang