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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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