tamburitza

English

Alternative forms

• tamburica

Etymology

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Noun

tamburitza (plural tamburitzas)

1. (music) Any of a number of different types of long-necked lutes found in the Balkans.
   • 2001 January 5, Ted Shen, “Goran Ivanovic”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Haque will guest on one of the 18 pieces on Ivanovic's HotHouse program, as will Branko Pavlovic, who plays a Balkan mandolin called a tamburitza.