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Gajdoš (m)

piper

any person who plays some kind of bagpipe (&c.)

Identical types: 127

Also a rather common family name in Slovakia; Podnos, who refers to János Manga, »Hungarian bagpipers« (1965) as his source, misinterprets the plural form (Gajdoši) as an alternative name for the bagpipe in Čadca (Hungarian: Csaca [!]); NB: ➺ homonyms / homophones, &c.

Dudašek, Gajdar, Gajdko, Gajdoško / Gajdošku, Gajdošu, Ğaydoš / Gaydoš, Ğaydoško / Gaydoško, Ğeydoško / Geydoško, Hráč na gajdy

Sources

Elschek, Oskár: Die Volksmusikinstrumente der Tschechoslowakei, 2 (Handbuch der europ. Volksmusikinstr. 1/2;2 [Slowakei]). Leipzig, 1983, p.202.

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.18 (»Manga), 45, 67.

ws (family name [several internet sources])

Dictionaries, &c.

Vilikovská, Júlia & Vilikovský, Pavol: Slovensko-Anglický slovník / Slovak-English dictionary. Bratislava, 1971 (3)