Bouzouki
//bəˈzuːki// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute with a sharp, metallic sound.
"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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More examples"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."
Etymology
From Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki, “bouzouki”), from Turkish bozuk (“out of order, rotten”). Doublet of buzuq.
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