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komuz

komuz noun: a stringed instrument (chordophone) played by plucking, with three strings and no frets, used throughout Central Asia but especially important as a national symbol of the Kyrgyz people.

Noun

komuz (plural komuzes)

  1. A stringed instrument (chordophone) played by plucking, with three strings and no frets, used throughout Central Asia but especially important as a national symbol of the Kyrgyz people.
    Synonyms:
    gopuz

Synonyms of komuz

Forms of komuz

pluralkomuzes
alternative formkhomus
alternative formkopuz
alternative formqomuz

Origin of komuz

Borrowed from Kyrgyz комуз (komuz), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of kobza and cobza.

Words formed from komuz

Questions about komuz

What does komuz mean?
Komuz means a stringed instrument (chordophone) played by plucking, with three strings and no frets, used throughout Central Asia but especially important as a national symbol of the Kyrgyz people.
What part of speech is komuz?
Komuz is a noun.
What is the plural of komuz?
The plural of komuz is komuzes.

Words near komuz in the dictionary

  1. komungos
  2. Komuro
  3. Komuros
  4. komusubi
  5. komusubis
  6. komuz
  7. komuzes
  8. komuzist
  9. komuzists
  10. Komárom
  11. Komárom-Esztergom

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