gusle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˈɡʊslə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gusle.wav

gusle gusles gusla guzla

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

lahuta

guslar

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