lavta
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Turkish lavta, ultimately from Venetan lauto. Doublet of laouto, lute, and oud.
Noun
[edit]lavta (plural lavtas)
- A plucked string music instrument from Constantinople.
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish لاؤطه (lauta), from Venetan lauto. Doublet of ut.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lavta (definite accusative lavtayı, plural lavtalar)
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: lavta
References
[edit]- “lavta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lavta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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- Rhymes:Turkish/ɑ
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