tam·bu·rit·za 
(tăm-brĭt-sə, tăm′bə-rĭtsə)
(tăm-brĭt-sə, tăm′bə-rĭtsə)n.
A Balkan stringed instrument similar to a mandolin in shape and sound.
[Serbo-Croatian tamburica, diminutive of tambura, stringed instrument, from Ottoman Turkish ṭambūra, from Persian ṭanbūra; see TAMBOURA.]