Definitions for bendir
bendir

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1. bendirnoun

   A type of frame drum used in Morocco and other parts of North Africa.

2. Etymology: From بندير.

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1. Bendir

   The bendir (Arabic: بندير, plural banadir, بنادير) is a wooden-framed frame drum of North Africa and Southwest Asia.The bendir is a traditional instrument that is played throughout North Africa, as well as in Sufi ceremonies; it was played, too, in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. In Turkish, the word bendir means "a big hand frame drum".

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1. Bendir

   The bendir is a frame drum used as a traditional instrument throughout North Africa. Unlike the tambourine, it has no jingles but most often has a snare stretched across its head, which when the drum is struck with the fingers or palm gives the tone a buzzing quality. The bendir is a frame drum with a wooden frame and a membrane. It creates different tones according to the spreading of the shock waves moving across the skins itself. A frame drum is the oldest and most common kind of drum. The bendir is used throughout North Africa, Ancient Egypt, and Mesopotamia. The bendir drum has been around since prehistoric times. The bendir is about 14 to 16 inches. The drum is played kept vertical by inserting the thumb of the left hand in a special holes in the frame. The bandir or bendir is used in the special ceremonies of the Sufi. The Sufi tradition is strongly characterized by the use of music, rhythm, and dance to reach particular states of consciousness. The bendir has a small hole in the bottom, which is used to balance the drum at the base of the left thumb as the left hand fingers that the rim and the right hand plays the rim and center. It is mainly used in the following countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and sometimes Egypt. Egypt mostly uses a frame drum similar to the bendir, which is called a tar, except it does not have a snare in the back of it. A version of it exists in Ireland called the Bodhrán which is usually played with a beater. The term Bendir means in Turkish language a big hand frame drum, which is known as Duff in Arabic language.

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1. inbred

2. binder

3. brined

4. rebind

How to pronounce bendir?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bendir in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bendir in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bendir
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendir
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bendir