kobza

See also: Kobza, kobzą, and Kobzą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), itself from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.

Doublet of komuz and cobza.

Noun

kobza (plural kobzas)

1. (music) A lute-like stringed instrument traditionally made from a single block of wood, with a medium-length neck, originating in Ukrainian folk music.
2. (dated, music) Synonym of bandura

Derived terms

• kobzar

Translations

a Ukrainian musical instrument

• Belarusian: ко́бза f (kóbza)
• French: kobza (fr) f
• German: Kobsa f, Kobza f
• Hungarian: koboz (hu)
• Polish: kobza (pl) f
• Romanian: cobză (ro) f
• Russian: ко́бза́ (ru) f (kóbzá)
• Slovak: kobza f
• Ukrainian: ко́бза (uk) (kóbza)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

• Zabok

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• koboza

Etymology

koboz +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobzɒ]
• Hyphenation: kob‧za

Noun

kobza

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of koboz

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kobza	—
accusative	kobzát	—
dative	kobzának	—
instrumental	kobzával	—
causal-final	kobzáért	—
translative	kobzává	—
terminative	kobzáig	—
essive-formal	kobzaként	—
essive-modal	kobzául	—
inessive	kobzában	—
superessive	kobzán	—
adessive	kobzánál	—
illative	kobzába	—
sublative	kobzára	—
allative	kobzához	—
elative	kobzából	—
delative	kobzáról	—
ablative	kobzától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	kobzáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	kobzáéi	—

Polish

kobza

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔb.za/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbza
• Syllabification: kob‧za
• Homophone: Kobza

Noun

kobza f

1. kobza (Ukrainian musical instrument)
2. bagpipes

   Synonyms: dudy, koza

Declension

Declension of kobza

	singular	plural
nominative	kobza	kobzy
genitive	kobzy	kobz
dative	kobzie	kobzom
accusative	kobzę	kobzy
instrumental	kobzą	kobzami
locative	kobzie	kobzach
vocative	kobzo	kobzy

Derived terms

adjective

• kobzarski

 

nouns

• kobzar
• kobzarz
• kobziarz

 

Further reading

• kobza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kobza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), itself from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbza/

Noun

kobza f (genitive singular kobzy, nominative plural kobzy, genitive plural kobz, declension pattern of žena)

1. (music) kobza

Declension

Declension of kobza

	singular	plural
nominative	kobza	kobzy
genitive	kobzy	kobz
dative	kobze	kobzám
accusative	kobzu	kobzy
locative	kobze	kobzách
instrumental	kobzou	kobzami

Further reading

• “kobza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024