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Zivana (f)

(with) definite article: Zivanata

original: зивана(та)

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Mrmorec

From Turkish "zıvana" [lining tube of the mouthpiece to a Turkish tobacco pipe]; Skopje (surroundings); Possibly a misinterpretation of the narrow tube inserted in this "flea hole" (➺ Zivane).

Sources

Brömse, Peter: Flöten, Schalmeien und Sackpfeifen Südslawiens. Brünn [Brno], 1937, p.82.

Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (»Brömse).

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