Etymology

gusle

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Today it means: A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian gȕsle /гу̏сле
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  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromgȕsle /гу̏сле
  2. English todaygusle

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle /гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli.

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