Where does “pipa” come from?

pipa (Finnish) comes from Mandarin 琵琶.

pipa (Finnish): pipa a type of Chinese lute

Definitions

  1. pipa a type of Chinese lute

Ancestry of “pipa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mandarin琵琶
Every word from Mandarin 琵琶
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