Etymology

bouzouki

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Today it means: A Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute with a sharp, metallic sound. Full definition →

Greek μπουζούκι ← Turkish bozuk
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The story

  1. Turkish · derived frombozuk“out of order, rotten”
  2. Greek · borrowed fromμπουζούκι“bouzouki”
  3. English todaybouzouki

From Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki, “bouzouki”), from Turkish bozuk (“out of order, rotten”). Doublet of buzuq.

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