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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania.

Etymology

From Romanian cobză, from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of komuz and kobza.

Related phrases

stringed instrument

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