An Egyptian wind instrument with multiple pipes, related to ancient pan-pipes or double pipes.
From Arabic arghūl, a traditional folk instrument. The word entered English through contact with Egyptian music and culture during the 19th-20th centuries.
The arghool is still played at street festivals in Egypt—it's an ancient sound that probably echoed through pharaonic temples, showing how some musical traditions survive unchanged for thousands of years.
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