English Explanatory Dictionary

cobza

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

Word forms

cobza cobzas

Etymology

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

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