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Zūqqara (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?

original: [زوقِر ؟]

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Mezued

NB: Note the dubious (if not erroneous) spelling "Zuqqāra" in Marcuse, who defines it as a synonym of Zūkra, which, according to Baines, "is also given [sic] by European writers as Sūqqara, &c.".


Sources

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

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.357 (Zuqqara).

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (Zuqqāra: p.601 [➺ Zūkra], 602).

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.37 [➺ sūqqara].