Żaqq (f)
(with) definite article: il (iż-Żaqq)Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (single chanter + drone) / no additional drones
From Arabic زقّ (ziq [wineskin]); NB¹: According to Ġabra (➺ Web) the grammatical gender of the plural form (Żquq) is both feminine and masculine.
According to Mr. Matthew Zeller, PhD (Curator for Europe), "the pipes of the instrument in the MIM - Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix, AZ, USA) are made of cane, the bell is of cow horn, and [it has] a bag of calfskin" with ribbons that are "decorative tie-offs".
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