Etymology

komuz

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Today it means: A stringed instrument (chordophone) played by plucking, with three strings and no frets, used throughout Central Asia but especially important as a national symbol of the Kyrgyz people. Full definition →

Kyrgyz комуз ← Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*kopuŕ
  2. Kyrgyz · borrowed fromкомуз
  3. English todaykomuz

Borrowed from Kyrgyz комуз (komuz), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of kobza and cobza.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Turkic*kopuŕ all →

cobzakobza

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