Armenian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish لاوته (lavuta), لاوطه (lavta), from Venetian lauto.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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լավութա (lavutʻa)

  1. (Istanbul) lavta (a plucked string music instrument)

Declension

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “լավութա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 151
  • Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2000) “լավութա”, in Eražštakan baṙaran [Musical Dictionary]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Mšakuytʻi hayk. fond, →ISBN, page 103