Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baglama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: baglama
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seven-stringed musical instrument in various cultures around the eastern Mediterranean, with a pear-shaped body, and strings in double or sometimes triple courses.

Example Sentences

"At the end of the room, as if behind an iconastasis of song, oud, baglamas, and a kind of hammered dulcimer called a santouri were being played without a break."

Etymology

From Turkish bağlama, from bağlamak (“to tie”).

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: bağlama

Inflected Forms

baglamas (plural) bağlama (alternative)

Phrases

elektro-baglama

Synonyms

saz

Questions

What does baglama mean?: A seven-stringed musical instrument in various cultures around the eastern Mediterranean, with a pear-shaped body, and strings in double or sometimes triple courses.
Where does baglama come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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