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ფანდური

ფანდური

Georgian

Noun

ფანდური (panduri) (plural ფანდურები)

  1. (music) panduri, a three-stringed lute (played by strumming) from the highland and lowland regions of Eastern Georgia, and rarely found in Western Georgia (Upper Imereti and Racha). The two-stringed panduri survives in Khevsureti.

Inflection

See also


Old Georgian

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek πανδούρα (pandoúra, lute).

Noun

ფანდური (panduri)

  1. panduri

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ფანდური”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 442