komuz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stringed instrument (chordophone) played by plucking, with three strings and no frets, used throughout Central Asia but especially important as a national symbol of the Kyrgyz people.

Word forms

komuz komuzes khomus kopuz qomuz

Etymology

Borrowed from Kyrgyz комуз (komuz), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of kobza and cobza.

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