horsehead fiddle

See also: horse-head fiddle and horse head fiddle

English

Alternative forms

• horse-head fiddle
• horse head fiddle

Noun

horsehead fiddle (plural horsehead fiddles)

1. Any of several Tuvan and Mongolian traditional stringed instruments, especially the igil or the morin khuur, characterized by the head of a horse being carved into its headstock.

Translations

musical instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬頭琴／马头琴 (zh) (mǎtóuqín)

• Dutch: paardenviool f
• Finnish: hevosenpääviulu

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones