[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A type of cymbal traditionally used in Turkish and Middle Eastern music or dance; especially a small cymbal of a kind usually played in pairs, being attached to the fingers and thumb and struck together to make a sound.


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Origin:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Alexander Drummond (d. 1769), traveller. From Ottoman Turkish zil, zīl small cymbal, castanet, bell on a tambourine (Turkish zil); further etymology uncertain