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gusle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡʊslə/
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noun

Meaning 1

A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lahuta

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle /гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lahutë — single-stringed instrument
  • Belarusian: гу́слі (húsli) — single-stringed instrument
  • Bulgarian: гу́сла (gúsla) — single-stringed instrument
  • Carpathian Rusyn: гу́слї (húslji) — single-stringed instrument
  • Catalan: gusla — single-stringed instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古斯莱 (gǔsīlái) — single-stringed instrument
  • Czech: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Czech: housle — single-stringed instrument
  • Dutch: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Esperanto: guzlo — single-stringed instrument
  • Finnish: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Finnish: gusla — single-stringed instrument
  • Finnish: lahuta — single-stringed instrument
  • French: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • French: guzla — single-stringed instrument
  • German: Gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • German: Gusla — single-stringed instrument
  • Hungarian: guszle — single-stringed instrument
  • Hungarian: guszla — single-stringed instrument
  • Hungarian: guzlica — single-stringed instrument
  • Indonesian: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Italian: gusla — single-stringed instrument
  • Korean: 구슬라 (guseulla) — single-stringed instrument
  • Korean: 구슬레 (guseulle) — single-stringed instrument
  • Macedonian: гусла (gusla) — single-stringed instrument
  • Marathi: गुसले (gusle) — single-stringed instrument
  • Polish: gęśle — single-stringed instrument
  • Portuguese: gusla — single-stringed instrument
  • Portuguese: guzla — single-stringed instrument
  • Romanian: guzlă — single-stringed instrument
  • Russian: гу́сли (gúsli) — single-stringed instrument
  • Russian: гу́сле (gúsle) — single-stringed instrument
  • Russian: гу́сла (gúsla) — single-stringed instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: гу̏сле — single-stringed instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȕsle — single-stringed instrument
  • Slovak: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Slovak: housle — single-stringed instrument
  • Slovene: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Spanish: guzla — single-stringed instrument
  • Swedish: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Turkish: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Turkish: gusla — single-stringed instrument
  • Ukrainian: гу́слі (húsli) — single-stringed instrument
  • Ukrainian: гуслє (huslje) — single-stringed instrument
  • Uzbek: gusle — single-stringed instrument
  • Uzbek: gusla — single-stringed instrument