lavta
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Turkish lavta, ultimately from Venetan lauto. Doublet of laouto, lute, and oud.
Noun
editlavta (plural lavtas)
- A plucked string music instrument from Constantinople.
Further reading
editAnagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish لاؤطه (lauta), from Venetan lauto. Doublet of ut.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlavta (definite accusative lavtayı, plural lavtalar)
Declension
editDescendants
edit- → English: lavta
References
edit- “lavta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lavta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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