Guembri

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of lute used by Berber musicians.

    "A mu'alim (master musician) directs his musicians even as he also actively participates by playing an instrument known as the guembri to help draw the attention of the spirit world. The guembri, a three-stringed lute plucked with the fingers to […]"

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"A mu'alim (master musician) directs his musicians even as he also actively participates by playing an instrument known as the guembri to help draw the attention of the spirit world. The guembri, a three-stringed lute plucked with the fingers to […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَمْبْرِي (kambrī).

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