tamburitza
[ tam-boor-it-suh, tam-buh-rit-suh ]
/ tæmˈbʊər ɪt sə, ˌtæm bəˈrɪt sə /
noun
one of a family of mandolinlike stringed instruments of southern Slavic regions.
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Origin of tamburitza
1925–30; <Serbo-Croatian tàmburica, diminutive of tàmbura a stringed instrument <Turkish tambura<Persian ṭanbūr;see tambura
Words nearby tamburitza
tambourin, tambourine, tambour sound, Tambov, tambura, tamburitza, Tamburlaine, tame, tameable, tameless, Tamerlane
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