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Gajde (f) (= singular)

(with) definite article: Gajdja
plural: Gajde; (with) definite article: Gajdet

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: drone)

Identical types: 61

Širola is uncertain of its location [Janjevo [Janjevë] [SSE of Priština (Prishtinë)] ?]; NB¹: ➺ Albania; NB²: = Gaida (Greece), Gajda [a] (Macedonia) and [b] (Serbia), and Gajda [Gajde?] (Montenegro); NB³: ➺ homonyms, &c. (incl. Gaida and Gaita).

Bishnicë, Meshnica, Meshnicë, Mešnice, Mishnicë, Tërquk

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Sources

Sokoli, Ramadan & Miso, Pirro: Veglat muzikore të popullit shqiptar ([Musical instruments of the Albanian people]). Tiranë, 1991, p.121, 122.

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.345-346 [Gajde, 14].

Dictionaries, &c.

Buchholz, Oda / Fiedler, Wilfried / Uhlisch, Gerda: Wörterbuch Albanisch-Deutsch. Leipzig, 1981 (2nd printing), p.657-662.

Kacori, Thoma: A handbook of Albanian. Sofia, 1979, p.196-207.

Stefanllari, Ilo: Fjalor Anglisht - Shqip. Prishtinë, 1988