BALALAIKA

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bal⋅a⋅lai⋅ka

[bal-uh-lahy-kuh]

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–noun

a Russian musical instrument having a triangular body and a neck like that of a guitar.

Origin:
1780–90; < Russ balaláĭka, equiv. to balalaĭ-, prob. orig. a v. base, akin to balabólitʾ, balákatʾ chatter, talk nonsense (cf. Russ dial., Ukrainian balabáĭka balalaika), expressive derivs. of Slavic *bay- speak, tell, akin to fate, -phasia + -ka n. suffix

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bal·a·lai·ka (bāl'ə-lī'kə)

n. A Russian musical instrument with a triangular body and three strings that produces sounds similar to those of a mandolin.

[Russian balalaĭka, of Turkic origin.]

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balalaika

Rus. triangular-shaped stringed instrument, 1788, from Rus., said to be related to balabolit "to chatter, babble."

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