Meanings
plural gusles · alternative gusla · alternative guzla
- entertainmentA 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.
Songs of Brankovich's speed are sung to the strains of the gusle.
1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 30Synonyms: lahuta
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Origin
- Serbo-Croatiangȕsle /гу̏сле
- Englishgusle
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle /гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli.
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Bulgarian гу́сла
- гу́сла (gúsla)single-stringed instrument
Catalan gusla
- guslasingle-stringed instrument
Chinese Mandarin 古斯莱
- 古斯莱 (gǔsīlái)single-stringed instrument
Czech gusle, housle
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
- houslesingle-stringed instrument
Dutch gusle
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
Esperanto guzlo
- guzlosingle-stringed instrument
Finnish gusle, gusla
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
- guslasingle-stringed instrument
- lahutasingle-stringed instrument
French gusle, guzla
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
- guzlasingle-stringed instrument
German Gusle, Gusla
- Guslesingle-stringed instrument
- Guslasingle-stringed instrument
Hungarian guszle, guszla
- guszlesingle-stringed instrument
- guszlasingle-stringed instrument
- guzlicasingle-stringed instrument
Indonesian gusle
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
Italian gusla
- guslasingle-stringed instrument
Korean 구슬라, 구슬레
- 구슬라 (guseulla)single-stringed instrument
- 구슬레 (guseulle)single-stringed instrument
Polish gęśle
- gęślesingle-stringed instrument
Portuguese gusla, guzla
- guslasingle-stringed instrument
- guzlasingle-stringed instrument
Romanian guzlă
- guzlăsingle-stringed instrument
Russian гу́сли, гу́сле
- гу́сли (gúsli)single-stringed instrument
- гу́сле (gúsle)single-stringed instrument
- гу́сла (gúsla)single-stringed instrument
Slovak gusle, housle
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
- houslesingle-stringed instrument
Spanish guzla
- guzlasingle-stringed instrument
Swedish gusle
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
Turkish gusle, gusla
- guslesingle-stringed instrument
- guslasingle-stringed instrument
Ukrainian гу́слі, гуслє
- гу́слі (húsli)single-stringed instrument
- гуслє (huslje)single-stringed instrument
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Cite this entry
gusle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gusle
“gusle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gusle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gusle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gusle.
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