A musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with a single string and often a movable bridge, originally used esp. to teach the intervals of…

An ancient Irish stringed instrument played with a bow.

Any of various stringed instruments of Arab origin, used esp. in North Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Malaysia, and Indonesia…

An Indian musical instrument played with a bow, typically having two strings and a long neck.

An early Spanish stringed musical instrument; spec. one of two early types of guitar (more fully vihuela de mano) or viol (more fully vihuela de arco…

An Indian stringed musical instrument played with a bow (see quots.)

An Indian stringed musical instrument of Persian origin, variously bowed or plucked. Also attributive and in other combinations.

A stringed musical instrument of the early 19th century (see quots.).

A small five-stringed instrument with a fretted neck, combining features of both the viol and the violin, which originated in France in the 18th…

A mellow-toned Indian stringed instrument or esraj, larger than a sitar.

An Indian musical instrument having a long neck, three or four main strings played with a bow, and several sympathetic strings.

An Indian musical instrument with three or four strings, and extra sympathetic strings.

= rebab, n.