gambang

noun

gam·​bang ˈgäm-ˌbäŋ 

plural gambangs

: an Indonesian instrument like a xylophone with wooden or bamboo bars that rest on an oblong boxlike wooden resonator

School children often learn basic music on instruments such as a suling, angklung or gambang.

—Sally Heinrich, Key into Indonesia, 2005

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Javanese, going back to Old Javanese gambaŋ

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

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