luth

lute, a stringed instrument

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lyt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: lut

Inherited from Old French: leut

Borrowed from Old Provençal: laut

In summary

Inherited from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, leüz, probably borrowed from Old Occitan laüt or laütz, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood”); possibly through the intermediate of Old Spanish alod, alaut, laúd.

Concepts

lute

luting

unquietly

uproariously

Translations

liuto

Laute

luit

lutnia

laúd

alaúde

llaüt

ut

lavta

λαούτο

ud

barbitos

λαγούτο

ال عود

lyra