Etymology

cobza

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Today it means: A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania. Full definition →

Romanian cobză ← Ukrainian ко́бза ← Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ
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  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*kopuŕ
  2. Ukrainian · derived fromко́бза
  3. Romanian · borrowed fromcobză
  4. English todaycobza

From Romanian cobză, from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of komuz and kobza.

Words from the same roots

Ukrainianко́бза all →

kobza

Proto-Turkic*kopuŕ all →

kobzakomuz

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