Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yatga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yat-ga
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional plucked bridge zither played in Mongolia.

Example Sentences

"In Old Mongolia, the yatga was used in courts to entertain the aristocracy and was also played by the aristocracy."
"Traditionally yatga performances were reserved only for monasteries and the court, and playing the instrument was considered a sacrosanct rite. This taboo changed over time as new forms of the yatga appeared, ranging from a ten-stringed yatga that anyone could play to a yatga with twenty-one strings."
"The second and fourth manuscripts have musical notation for the ten-stringed yatga (Erdenechimeg and Shagdarsüren 1995)."

Etymology

From Mongolian ятга (jatga) / ᠶᠠᠲᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (yatuɣ-a).

Word Breakdown

Root: ятга

Inflected Forms

yatgas (plural)

Questions

What does yatga mean?: A traditional plucked bridge zither played in Mongolia.
Where does yatga come from?: From Mongolian ятга (jatga) / ᠶᠠᠲᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (yatuɣ-a).

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