baglamas
baglamas noun: a plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings. Also the plural of baglama.
Noun
baglamas (plural baglamades)
- A plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.
- This was the time when the younger cousin of the bouzouki, the baglamas, came into its own – the more easily to be concealed beneath clothing or in a specially designed pocket sewn into an overcoat.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 262
- Synonyms:
- baglamadaki, baby bouzouki
Also used as
baglamas is also the plural of baglama.
Synonyms of baglamas
Forms of baglamas
| plural | baglamades |
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Origin of baglamas
From Greek μπαγλαμάς (baglamás), from Turkish bağlama.
Questions about baglamas
- What does baglamas mean?
- Baglamas means a plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.
- What part of speech is baglamas?
- Baglamas is a noun.
- What is the plural of baglamas?
- The plural of baglamas is baglamades.
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