bouzouki
/bəˈzuːki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The bouzouki itself, identified by this time almost equally with a ‘Turkish’ past and with the criminality of the underworld that cultivated it, became a symbol of subversion in the eyes of the authorities."
Etymology
From Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki, “bouzouki”), from Turkish bozuk (“out of order, rotten”). Doublet of buzuq.
Origin
- Source language: Greek
Word Breakdown
- Root: μπουζούκι, bozuk