Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A traditional Ukrainian stringed musical instrument shaped like a lute, having many strings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument , resembling anasymmetrical lute , played with both hands while held upright on thelap .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bandura.
Examples
-
In the final round Wednesday at National Geographic's headquarters, students answered questions ranging from identifying the flags of various countries to what country the "bandura" is the national instrument of: Ukraine.
The Seattle Times 2011
-
The bandura is the most important and distinctive instrument of the Ukrainian folk tradition, and was utilized by the famous 15th century kobzars, a kind of wandering performing who composed dumy, or folk epics.
-
The performers were Michael Alpert (who is a native Yiddish speaker, bless him) and Julian Kytasty, the scion of a dynasty of bandura players.
My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010
-
A bandura (in case you wanted to know) looks like the graceful child of a lap harp and a lute and sounds a little like a dulcimer and a little like an autoharp, only a lot less tinny.
My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010
-
The performers were Michael Alpert (who is a native Yiddish speaker, bless him) and Julian Kytasty, the scion of a dynasty of bandura players.
My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010
-
A bandura (in case you wanted to know) looks like the graceful child of a lap harp and a lute and sounds a little like a dulcimer and a little like an autoharp, only a lot less tinny.
My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010
-
Hryhory Kytasty's work as composer, performer, teacher, and conductor of the famed Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus made him a pivotal figure in the twentieth-century development of the bandura and the single greatest influence on North American players, bandura schools, and ensembles.
unknown title 2009
-
The Music of Russia cache. eb.com/eb/image? id = 67506&rendTypeId = 4 Person playing the bandura.
-
The bandura has an oval wooden body; a short, fretless neck attached to the soundboard in an off-centre position; 4 to 8 bass strings running from the neck.
-
Ben-Yehuda wanted to call the tomato a badura, from Arabic bandura, which itself is from Italian pomodoro.
unknown title 2009
reesetee commented on the word bandura
A Ukrainian stringed instrument of the lute family.
March 20, 2008