tamburitzan.
/tamˈbʊrɪtsə/ A stringed musical instrument of the Balkans resembling a guitar or mandoline. Cf. tamboura n. a.
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1941 N. Bessaraboff Anc. European Mus. Instr. iv. 219 The Tanbourica, as used by the southern Slavs, belongs to a family of instruments similar to the Arabian–Persian tanbur.
1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages ix. 212 The pandoura, or ‘long-necked’ lute, remains a popular instrument from Persia..to the Balkans (tamboritsa).
1969 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 13/6 Dancers from the Northern region of Barania..danced with joyful abandon to the music of tamboritzan—plucked instruments resembling guitars and mandolines.
1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 14 Nov. 22/4 She first played on tamburitzas, Balkan instruments made by her father.
1972 J. Dean & S. Smith Wisconsin 32/2 Then the band starts banging on tamburitzas, and the patrons explode into an intricate folk dance.
1972 Times 21 Oct. 7/4 A choir sang Slavonian songs accompanied on the national instruments, prim and tamburica, like small mandolines.
1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 263 This is a Serbian restaurant where you can dine to the tune of tinkling tamburitzas.
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