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Kudüm

Musical Instrument
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Small Turkish double kettledrums used in Mevlevi Sufi ceremonies and classical ensembles

Detailed Definition
The kudüm appears in poetry as a sacred heartbeat of Ottoman spiritual music; its delicate strokes mark the rhythm of sema (whirling), and poets use it to evoke divine love, disciplined ecstasy, or the precise pulse of mystical union in lyrical form.
Example
Example in poetry:
The kudüm’s stroke “marks the Sufi’s path to divine union”; In an Ottoman poem, its double drums “are heartbeats in sacred rhythm”; The instrument appears as “the pulse of whirling devotion”; A mystical lyric uses kudüm to explore disciplined ecstasy.
Additional Notes
The kudüm, played with delicate curved sticks, marks the rhythm of Mevlevi Sufi sema (whirling ceremony); in poetry, it symbolizes divine love, disciplined ecstasy, and the precise pulse of mystical union; students exploring Islamic or Ottoman verse should note its role as a sacred metronome that structures spiritual ascent through measured, cyclical time.
Also Known As
Kudüm drums Turkish kettledrums
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