A type of historical or regional stringed musical instrument, possibly from Eastern European or Mediterranean traditions.
Etymology uncertain; possibly derives from regional folk music terminology, with potential connections to dulcimer-type instruments across European cultures.
This is one of those wonderful 'lost words' for old musical instruments—somewhere a folk musician knows exactly what it is, but it's vanished from most modern dictionaries!
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