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[ood] Pronunciation Key

–noun

a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.

[Origin: 1730–40; < Ar ʿūd lit., wood; see lute

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oud (ōōd) Pronunciation Key
n. A musical instrument of northern Africa and southwest Asia resembling a lute.

[Arabic 'ūd, wood, stem, lute, oud.]

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"lute or mandolin of Arab lands," 1738, from Arabic 'ud, lit. "wood."

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