baglamas

English

Etymology 1

From Greek μπαγλαμάς (baglamás), from Turkish bağlama.

Noun

baglamas (plural baglamades)

  1. (music) A plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.
    • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 262:
      This was the time when the younger cousin of the bouzouki, the baglamas, came into its own – the more easily to be concealed beneath clothing or in a specially designed pocket sewn into an overcoat.
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  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones
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Etymology 2

Noun

baglamas

  1. plural of baglama

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