English

Alternative forms

• gusla

Noun

gusle ‎(plural gusles)

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

Hypernyms

• chordophone
• lyre
• monochord
• stringed instrument

Derived terms

• guslar (someone who plays a gusle)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 1997. A History of European Folk Music. Jan Ling. Pg. 139.

Translations

Anagrams

• glues
• gules
• luges

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡûsle/
• Hyphenation: gus‧le

Noun

gȕsle f ‎(Cyrillic spelling гу̏сле)

1. (plural only) gusle

Declension