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Kǎrma (f)

(with) definite article: Kǎrmata

original: кърма(та)

➺ remark(s) below

the half closing of a fingerhole in order to produce a semitone

Identical types: 2

From Turkish "kırma" [hybrid] ?; The half closing of a fingerhole in order to produce a semitone; NB: ➺ Krma (Macedonia).

Sources

Тодоров, Манол [Todorov, Manol]: Български народни музикални инструменти: органография (Bulgarian folk instruments [organography]). София [Sofija], 1973, p.83.

Atanassov, Vergilij: Gaida (Dudelsack). In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.42 (Karma).