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cobza

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cobza
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania.

Etymology

From Romanian cobză, from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of komuz and kobza.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cobză, ко́бза, *kopuŕ

Inflected Forms

cobzas (plural)

Questions

What does cobza mean?
A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania.
Where does cobza come from?
From Romanian cobză, from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of komuz and kobza.

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