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Džura gajda (f)

(with) definite article: Džurata gajda

original: джура(та) гайда

(the) high [pitched] bagpipe

names of bagpipes (&c.) in connection with their pitch only

Identical types: 43
Gajda

From Turkish "cura" [puny/undersized/shrill-voiced hawk]; Term used only to distinguish the instrument from other types; NB: ➺ Macedonia.

➺ Gajdunica and Ručilo.

Djoura, Dschura, Moomeče, Schuta gajda, Žura gajda

Sources

Тодоров, Манол [Todorov, Manol]: Български народни музикални инструменти: органография (Bulgarian folk instruments [organography]). София [Sofija], 1973, p.78, 81.

Dictionaries, &c.

Redhouse Yeni Türkçe-İngilizce sözlük / New Redhouse Turkish-English dictionary. İstanbul, 1986 (8)