English Explanatory Dictionary

lavta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plucked string music instrument from Constantinople.

Word forms

lavta lavtas

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish lavta, ultimately from Venetan lauto. Doublet of laouto, lute, and oud.

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