T0030700 (tăm-bo͝or′ĭt-sə, tăm′bə-rĭt′sə)n. A Balkan stringed instrument similar to a mandolin in shape and sound.[Serbo-Croatian tamburica, diminutive of tambura, stringed instrument, from Ottoman Turkish ṭambūra, from Persian ṭanbūra; see tamboura.]