kamancha

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A form of kamancheh — A long-necked stringed instrument (a spike fiddle) with a bowl-shaped body, traditionally featuring three silk strings but now more often four metal ones, played with a bow, common among the peoples of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Near East.

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Meanings

nounkamancha (plural kamanchas)

plural kamanchas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of kamancheh.

    His favourite instrument was the kamancha and one of his most famous songs is dedicated to this instrument […]

    2006, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Jon Lusk, The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East
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    They always carry with them their saz or tar or kamancha, Oriental instruments, on which they accompany their songs. […] There is something else that is a part of his life, namely, his kamancha. He threatens to cut the strings […]

    1919, The New Armenia, volumes 11-12, page 160

    Most mugams consist of a singer, a kamancha player, and a tar player. […] The kamancha has a round opening and […]

    2005, David C. King, Azerbaijan, page 95

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

machanka
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APA

kamancha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamancha

MLA

“kamancha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamancha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kamancha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamancha.

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