pandoura
/panˈdʊərə/ /panˈdɔːrə/(also pandura, pandur, pandore) Music
noun
A Graeco-Roman stringed instrument of the lute type, having a small body, a long thick neck, and usually three strings, which has survived in various forms in the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, and parts of western Asia.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From classical Latin pandūra three-stringed lute and its etymon Hellenistic Greek πανδοῦρα, probably by metathesis from Arabic ṭanbūr and its etymon Persian ṭanbūr.