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topshur

topshur noun: a plucked two-string lute traditionally used by the Altai people.

Noun

topshur (plural topshurs)

  1. A plucked two-string lute traditionally used by the Altai people.
    • Favorite instruments of the Mongolians of Xinjiang are the matouqin, the sihu, the sanxian or three-stringed lute and the topshur.1989, Ping Cheng, Xinjiang: The Land and the People, page 127
    • In these services, traditional instruments like the komus (mouth harp) and topshur (a two-stringed instrument), as well as well-established throat singing techniques, are often used.2009, L. Broz, “Conversion to Religion? Negotiating Continuity and Discontinuity in Contemporary Altai.”, in Conversion after Socialism: Disruptions, Modernisms and Technologies of Faith in the...

Forms of topshur

pluraltopshurs

Origin of topshur

Borrowing from Russian топшу́р (topšúr), from Southern Altai топшуур (topšuur).

Questions about topshur

What does topshur mean?
Topshur means a plucked two-string lute traditionally used by the Altai people.
What part of speech is topshur?
Topshur is a noun.
What is the plural of topshur?
The plural of topshur is topshurs.

Words near topshur in the dictionary

  1. topshell
  2. topshells
  3. topshey
  4. topshop
  5. topshops
  6. topshur
  7. topshurs
  8. topside
  9. topside development
  10. topside-turvy
  11. topsider

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