bouzouki

Or bou·sou·ki,

[boo-zoo-kee]

noun

plural

bouzoukis, bouzoukia 

1. a long-necked, fretted lute of modern Greece.

bouzouki

/ buːˈzuːkɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bouzouki¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bouzouki¹

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

Example Sentences

The Human Fear is filled with ideas fresh to the group, from orchestral flourishes on recent single Audacious to a bouzouki being used on Black Eyelashes and the Celtic style riff pulsing through Cats.

From BBC

To admirers who flocked to readings where the white-maned poet also played a bouzouki, he was a bard of irresistible charisma.

From Washington Post

Bly, a shambling white-haired guru who strummed a bouzouki and wore colorful vests, was easily mocked as Iron John himself, a hairy wild man who, in the German myth, helped aimless princes in their quests.

From Seattle Times

“I got my Greek bouzouki and my Irish bouzouki, but I didn’t get my Russian balalaika or my Turkish oud,” he said.

From New York Times

Yeats and his poem “The Stolen Child” is the album’s last song, followed by 50 seconds of bouzoukis and violins cutting through a highland mist to play Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Los Angeles Times