different between kamancha vs kamancheh

English

Noun

kamancha (plural kamanchas)

1. Alternative spelling of kamancheh
   • 1919, The New Armenia, volumes 11-12, page 160:

     They always carry with them their saz or tar or kamancha, Oriental instruments, on which they accompany their songs. […] There is something else that is a part of his life, namely, his kamancha. He threatens to cut the strings […]

   • 2005, David C. King, Azerbaijan, page 95:

     Most mugams consist of a singer, a kamancha player, and a tar player. […] The kamancha has a round opening and […]

   • 2006, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Jon Lusk, The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East:

     His favourite instrument was the kamancha and one of his most famous songs is dedicated to this instrument […]

English

Alternative forms

• kamencheh
• kam?nche
• kam?ncha, kamancha
• kemancha
• kemenche (from Turkish)
• kyamancha

Etymology

From Persian ??????? (kamân?e).

Noun

kamancheh (plural kamanchehs)

1. (music) A long-necked stringed instrument (a spike fiddle) with a bowl-shaped body, traditionally featuring three silk strings but now more often four metal ones, played with a bow, common among the peoples of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Near East.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones