Meanings
baglamas1
plural baglamades
- entertainmentA plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.
This was the time when the younger cousin of the bouzouki, the baglamas, came into its own – the more easily to be concealed beneath clothing or in a specially designed pocket sewn into an overcoat.
2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 262Synonyms: baglamadaki, baby bouzouki
baglamas2
- pluralplural of baglama
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.
Origin
- Turkishbağlama
- Greekμπαγλαμάς
- Englishbaglamas
From Greek μπαγλαμάς (baglamás), from Turkish bağlama.
More words from Greek, Turkish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek μπαγλαμάς
- μπαγλαμάς (baglamás)lute
Cite this entry
baglamas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baglamas
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