kobza

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), itself from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.

Doublet of komuz and cobza.

Noun

kobza (plural kobzas)

1. (music) A lute-like stringed instrument traditionally made from a single block of wood, with a medium-length neck, originating in Ukrainian folk music.
2. (dated, music) Synonym of bandura

Derived terms

• kobzar

Translations

a Ukrainian musical instrument

• Belarusian: ко́бза f (kóbza)
• French: kobza f
• German: Kobsa f, Kobza f
• Hungarian: koboz (hu)
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• Romanian: cobză (ro) f
• Russian: ко́бза́ (ru) f (kóbzá)
• Slovak: kobza f
• Ukrainian: ко́бза (uk) (kóbza)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

• Zabok

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), itself from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbza/

Noun

kobza f (genitive singular kobzy, nominative plural kobzy, genitive plural kobz, declension pattern of žena)

1. (music) kobza

Declension

Declension of kobza

	singular	plural
nominative	kobza	kobzy
genitive	kobzy	kobz
dative	kobze	kobzám
accusative	kobzu	kobzy
locative	kobze	kobzách
instrumental	kobzou	kobzami

Further reading

• “kobza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024