Definition of tamburitza

< tambura

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tam·bu·rit·za    (tm-brt-s, tmb-rts) KEY 

NOUN:

A Balkan stringed instrument similar to a mandolin in shape and sound.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Serbo-Croatian tamburica, diminutive of tàmbura, stringed instrument, from Ottoman Turkish ambra, from Persian anbra ; see tamboura