Home › Words › D › dubkidubkidubki means A type of drum from Eastern India and Bangladesh.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, dubki ranks #16,773 of 42,802 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Bengali ডুবকি (ḍuboki), apparently equalling Hindi डुबकी (ḍubkī, “dive”) instead of Persian تنبک (tombak, “drum, tombak”).nounA type of drum from Eastern India and Bangladesh.e.g.“As Paban sings, he twangs a khomok hand drum or thunders away at the dubki, a sort of rustic tambourine.” — 2009 September 11, William Dalrymple, “Singing and dancing with the Bauls of Bengal”, in Guardian:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dhol 68% match — A type of drum from India. vs dubki →dholak 66% match — A North Indian hand drum. vs dubki →dhaki 66% match — A traditional drummer who plays the dhak. vs dubki →dhimay 65% match — A double-headed cylindrical drum of South Asian origin. vs dubki →darbuka 65% match — A type of goblet drum, originating in the Middle East and North Africa. vs dubki →davul 63% match — A large Turkish double-headed drum, played with mallets. vs dubki →dumbek 63% match — A Middle Eastern goblet drum. vs dubki →daf 62% match — A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. vs dubki →