Bodhran Definition

bōrän, bou-
noun
A shallow, hand-held drum played by striking the single drumhead with alternate knobbed ends of a beater.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bodhran

Noun

Singular:
bodhran
Plural:
bodhrans

Origin of Bodhran

  • Irish Gaelic bodhrán from Middle Irish bodrán from Old Irish from bodar deaf, deafening

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Irish bodhrán, from Irish bodhor (“soft or dull sounding”) or Irish bodhar (“deaf”)

    From Wiktionary

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