baglamas

English

Baglamas

Etymology 1

From Greek μπαγλαμάς (baglamás), from Turkish bağlama.

Noun

baglamas (plural baglamades)

1. (music) 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.
   • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 262:

     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.

Synonyms

• baglamadaki
• baby bouzouki

Translations

lute

• Greek: μπαγλαμάς (el) m (baglamás)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Further reading

• baglamas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

baglamas

1. plural of baglama

References

• 2013. The Social Organization of Exile. Margaret E. Kenna. Pg. 30.