gusli

English

A laptop gusli

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian гу́сли (gúsli)

Noun

gusli (plural guslis)

1. (music) A plucked psaltery-like string instrument, usually played on the lap and sometimes created with table legs so that the musician can play it seated next to the instrument, originating in ancient Russian music.

Hypernyms

• chordophone
• psaltery
• stringed instrument

Hyponyms

• clavichord gusli
• helmet gusli
• winged gusli

Translations

an ancient Russian musical instrument

• Belarusian: гу́слі f pl (húsli)
• Bulgarian: гу́сла f (gúsla)
• Catalan: gusla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古斯里琴 (gǔsīlǐqín)

• Czech: gusli f pl
• Finnish: gusli (fi)
• French: gousli pl
• Georgian: გუსლი (gusli)
• German: Gusli (de) pl
• Japanese: グースリ (gūsuri)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 구슬리 (guseulli)
• Macedonian: гусла f (gusla)
• Polish: gusli f pl
• Russian: гу́сли (ru) f pl (gúsli)
• Rusyn: гу́слї f pl (húslji)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гу̏сле f pl

  Roman: gȕsle (sh) f pl

• Slovak: gusli f pl
• Slovene: gusle f pl
• Ukrainian: гу́слі f pl (húsli)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

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