бандура

Borrowed from Ukrainian банду́ра (bandúra).

• IPA^(key): [bɐnˈdurə]

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банду́ра • (bandúra) f inan (genitive банду́ры, nominative plural банду́ры, genitive plural банду́р)

1. bandura (old Ukrainian music instrument)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) a large, bulky object

• бандури́ст (banduríst)

• IPA^(key): [bɐnˈdurɐ]

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Possibly through Italian pandura and Polish pandura, from Late Latin pandura (“musical instrument with three strings”); ultimately from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute; zither”). Doublet of ба́нджо (bándžo) and мандо́ла (mandóla).

банду́ра • (bandúra) f inan (genitive банду́ри, nominative plural банду́ри, genitive plural банду́р, diminutive банду́рка or банду́рочка or банду́ронька)

1. (music) bandura (old Ukrainian music instrument)
2. (dialectal, colloquial, derogatory) a large, bulky object

• бандури́ст (bandurýst)

From Polish bandurki and Slovak bandurka, related to German Brandenburg.

банду́ра • (bandúra) f inan (genitive банду́ри, nominative plural банду́ри, genitive plural банду́р, diminutive банду́рка)

1. (dialectal) potato

• бандурча́ник (bandurčányk)
• бандурча́нка (bandurčánka)
• бандурчина (bandurčyna)
• бандуря́нка (bandurjánka)
• бандуря́та (bandurjáta)

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бандура”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 133
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “банду́ра”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бандура”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “банду́ра”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN