samisen

English - Turkish

Definition of samisen in English Turkish dictionary

müz üç telli Japon çalgıs

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of samisen in Turkish Turkish dictionary

üç telli perdesiz bir Japon çalgısı

English - English

Definition of samisen in English English dictionary

A kind of three-stringed Japanese lute

A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo

a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum

Hyphenation

sa·mi·sen

Etymology

() Japanese 三味線 (さみせん), from Chinese 三弦 sānxián, from sān ‘three’ + xián ‘string’.