Tambura (instrument)

Tambura may refer to:
 * Tanbur, a category of long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran)
 * Tanpura, a stringed drone instrument played in India
 * Kurdish tanbur, used in Yarsan rituals
 * Turkish tambur, instrument played in Turkey
 * Yaylı tambur, also played in Turkey
 * Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura
 * Balkan tambura, instruments from Macedonia and Bulgaria
 * Tamburica, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe
 * Tambouras, played in Greece
 * Tanbūra (lyre), played in East Africa and the Middle East