Meanings
nounbouzouki (plural bouzoukis)
plural bouzoukis · alternative bazouki · alternative bousouki · alternative bouzoukia · alternative buzuki
- entertainmentA Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute with a sharp, metallic sound.
The bouzouki itself, identified by this time almost equally with a ‘Turkish’ past and with the criminality of the underworld that cultivated it, became a symbol of subversion in the eyes of the authorities.
2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 262
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 布祖基琴
- 布祖基琴 (bùzǔjīqín)lute
Finnish busuki
- busukilute
French bouzouki
- bouzoukilute
Greek μπουζούκι
- μπουζούκι (bouzoúki)lute
Hungarian buzuki
- buzukilute
Japanese ブズーキ
- ブズーキ (buzuuki)lute
Polish buzuki
- buzukilute
Russian бузу́ки
- бузу́ки (buzúki)lute
Spanish buzuki
- buzukilute
Swedish bouzouki
- bouzoukilute
Turkish buzuki
- buzukilute
Cite this entry
APA
bouzouki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouzouki
MLA
“bouzouki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouzouki. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bouzouki,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouzouki.
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