bouzouki
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki, “bouzouki”), from Turkish bozuk (“out of order, rotten”).[1] Doublet of buzuq.
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Noun[edit]
bouzouki (plural bouzoukis)
- (music) A Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute with a sharp, metallic sound.
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 262:
- The bouzouki itself, identified by this time almost equally with a ‘Turkish’ past and with the criminality of the underworld that cultivated it, became a symbol of subversion in the eyes of the authorities.
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Translations[edit]
lute
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References[edit]
- ^ "bouzouki." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 26 Nov. 2008.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki), from Turkish bozuk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bouzouki m (plural bouzoukis)
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