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Where does “bandura” come from?

bandura (English) comes from Italian pandura, from Late Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα — pandura, a three-stringed lute.

bandura (English): A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a...

Definitions

  1. A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a...

Ancestry of “bandura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpandura—
2Late Latinpanduramusical instrument with three strings; a pandore
3Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute

Words derived from “bandura”

  • bandurist
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