Definitions For Gusle

Noun

GUSLE (plural GUSLEs) (musical instrument) A single-stringed lute-like stringed instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played a bow, originating among the slavic peoples in the balkans, especially in the dinarides region.

Hypernyms

chordophone lyre monochord stringed instrument

Derived terms

guslar (someone who plays a gusle)

Translations

Belarusian: гу́слі, f-p Bulgarian: гу́сла, f Catalan: gusla, f Czech: gusle, f-p, housle, f-p {{qualifier, violin}} German: Gusle, f, Gusla, f Macedonian: гусла, f Polish: gęśle, f-p, gusli, f-p {{qualifier, Russian gusli}} Portuguese: gusla, f Romanian: guzlă, f Russian: гу́сли, f-p Rusyn: гу́слї, f-p Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: гу̏сле, f-p, sc=Cyrl : Roman: gȕsle, f-p Slovak: gusle, f-p, housle, f-p {{qualifier, violin}} Slovene: gusle, f-p Ukrainian: гу́слі, f-p

See also

appendix:glossary of chordophones

References

1997. . Jan Ling. Pg. 139.

Alternative forms

gusla

Etymology

From {{etyl, sh, en}} gȕsle.

Anagrams

Guels, glues, gules, luges