bouzouki

or bou·sou·ki, bu·zu·ki

[ boo-zoo-kee ]

/ bʊˈzu ki /

noun, plural bou·zou·kis, bou·zou·ki·a [boo-zoo-kee-uh] /bʊˈzu ki ə/.

a long-necked, fretted lute of modern Greece.

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Origin of bouzouki

1950–55; < Modern Greek mpouzoúki; Turkish bozuk (broken, ruined, depraved; cf. bashi-bazouk) or büzük (constricted, puckered) adduced as sources, but sense development is obscure

Words nearby bouzouki

boutros-ghali, bouts-rimés, bouvardia, bouvier, bouvier des flandres, bouzouki, bovarism, bovate, bovet, bovid, bovine

British Dictionary definitions for bouzouki

bouzouki

/ (buːˈzuːkɪ) /

noun

a Greek long-necked stringed musical instrument related to the mandolin

Word Origin for bouzouki

C20: from Modern Greek mpouzouki, perhaps from Turkish büjük large

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