Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Balkan stringed instrument similar to a mandolin in shape and sound.

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  • noun music any of a number of different types of long-necked lutes found in the Balkans.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Serbo-Croatian tamburica, diminutive of tambura, stringed instrument, from Ottoman Turkish ṭambūra, from Persian ṭanbūra; see tamboura.]

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