gusle

• gusla, guzla

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle / гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊslə/

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gusle (plural gusles)

1. (music) A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.

   Synonym: lahuta

   • 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 30:

     Songs of Brankovich's speed are sung to the strains of the gusle.

• chordophone
• lyre
• monochord
• stringed instrument

• guslar

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• 1997. A History of European Folk Music. Jan Ling. Pg. 139.

• Guels, glues, gules, luges

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫsli.

• IPA^(key): /ɡûsle/
• Hyphenation: gu‧sle

gȕsle f pl (Cyrillic spelling гу̏сле)

1. gusle

• gȕslār

• “gusle”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “gusle”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025