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Qirba

original: قِرْبَة (Arabic (Iraq, &c.))

water-skin, or bagpipe.
Narī hambān

French transliteration; ➺ Ḳirba; NB: ➺ Jirba.

Sources

Airs du temps: cornemuses du monde, musiques des régions. Ploezal, 1996: qirba, p.10 (Southern Iraq, &c.), 30 (Monde arabe, &c.).

AI (2026): ➺ jirba / qirba in various regional dialects.