弹拨尔是一种长颈的有品鲁特琴，起源于中亚。乐器主要在大伊朗地区流行。它的琴颈长达一米。汉代传入中原，逐渐演变为流行于唐代的琵琶。清代列入宫廷回部乐，称“丹不尔”。

The terms Tanbur, Tanbūr, Tanbura, Tambur, Tambura or Tanboor can refer to various long-necked, string instrument originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology presents a complicated situation. Nowadays the term tanbur (or tambur) is applied to a variety of distinct and related long-necked string instruments used in art and folk traditions in India, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Tajikestan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Similar or identical instruments are also known by other terms."