kamancheh

English

A kamancheh

Alternative forms

• kamencheh, kamānche, kamāncha, kamancha, kemancha, kemenche, kyamancha

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کمانچه (kamânče).

Noun

kamancheh (plural kamanchehs)

1. (music) A long-necked stringed instrument (a spike fiddle) with a bowl-shaped body, traditionally featuring three silk strings but now more often four metal ones, played with a bow, common among the peoples of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Near East.

Translations

a stringed musical instrument

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: كَمَنجة f (kamanja)

• Armenian: քամանչա (hy) (kʻamančʻa)
• Azerbaijani: kamança
• Greek: κεμεντζές (el) (kementzés), λύρα (el) (lýra)
• Kumyk: каманча (kamança)
• Laz: ჭილილი (ç̌ilili)
• Macedonian: кемане n (kemane)
• Russian: кяманча́ f (kjamančá), кеманча́ (ru) f (kemančá)
• Turkish: kemençe (tr)
• Uyghur: كامانچە (kamanche)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones