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Gaita (f)

(with) definite article: la
➺ remark(s) below
Cornamusa

From Arabic غيدا (ghaidā [gentle]) ?; Popular name, also used as a generic term for all kinds of bagpipes, Spanish or otherwise; NB¹: ➺ homonyms (NB²: incl. non-related term !), and compare Gaida, Gajda and similar terms; NB³: ➺ also Zanfona (➺ NB).

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.350.

Meré, Rafael: Museo Internacional de la Gaita: catálogo. Gijón, 1970, p.48.

Dictionaries, &c.

Diccionario de la lengua española, I (a/g), II (h/z). Real Academia Española, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 2006 (22/5th printing)

Vox: Diccionario general ilustrado de la lengua española. Barcelona, 1976 (2/2, corregida)