bandurria

Etymology

From Spanish bandurria.

Noun

bandurria (plural bandurrias)

1. A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
   • 2009 February 21, Nate Chinen, “Pop Music’s Perpetual Old Man, Now 74, Is Back on the Road”, in New York Times‎:

     (It should be noted that the flamenco-tinged flourishes by Javier Mas, on bandurria and laúd, were more palatable than the ardently cloying solos by Dino Soldo, on saxophones.)

Etymology

From Latin pandurium, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra). Cognate to Portuguese pandeiro.

Noun

bandurria f (plural bandurrias)

1. bandurria

Further reading

• “bandurria” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.