gusla
noun
gus·la
variants or gusle or gousle or less commonly guzla
ˈgü|slə,
ˈgu̇|,
|zlə
plural -s
: a rudimentary musical instrument of the Balkans made with a round concave body, parchment sounding board, and one horsehair string and held between the knees and played with a curved bow
Word History
Etymology
Serbo-Croatian gusle; akin to Bulgarian gŭsla gusla, Russian gusli gusli, Old Slavic gǫsli psaltery, Russian gudet' to sound, drone, Lithuanian gausti