qanun
Saykuh-NOONUS/kəˈnun/UK/kəˈnuːn/
Pluralqanuns
- 1A music instrument with many strings, from the Near East and the Caucasus, a bit like a harp.
My uncle plays the qanun at family weddings.
She plucked the strings of her qanun, and the room went quiet.
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Origin
It came through Turkish and Arabic from the Greek word kanṓn.