Georgian

Noun

ჩონგური • ‎(čonguri) ‎(plural ჩონგურები)

1. (music) chonguri, a four-stringed lute (played by plucking and strumming) from Western Georgia. Three of the strings are fingered, while the fourth is a drone string. It is mainly found around Samegrelo, Abkhazia, Imereti, Guria, and Achara, and rarely in Lechkhumi.

Derived terms

• ჩონგურს აუწყობს ‎(čongurs auc̣q̇obs)

See also

• ბარბითი ‎(barbiti)
• ფანდური ‎(panduri)