gusli

gusli

English

A laptop gusli

Etymology

From Russian гу́сли (gúsli)

Noun

gusli (plural guslis)

1. (music) A plucked psaltery-like string instrument, usually played on the lap and sometimes created with table legs so that the musician can play it seated next to the instrument, originating in ancient Russian music.

Hypernyms

• chordophone
• psaltery
• stringed instrument

Hyponyms

• clavichord gusli
• helmet gusli
• winged gusli

Translations

an ancient Russian musical instrument

Belarusian: гу́слі f pl (húsli) Bulgarian: гу́сла f (gúsla) Catalan: gusla (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 古斯里琴 (gǔsīlǐqín) Czech: gusli f pl Finnish: gusli (fi) French: gousli pl Georgian: გუსლი (gusli) German: Gusli (de) pl Japanese: グースリ (gūsuri)

Korean: 구슬리 (guseulli) Macedonian: гусла f (gusla) Polish: gusli f pl Russian: гу́сли (ru) f pl (gúsli) Rusyn: гу́слї f pl (húslji) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гу̏сле f pl Roman: gȕsle (sh) f pl Slovak: gusli f pl Slovene: gusle f pl Ukrainian: гу́слі f pl (húsli)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

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