Dictionaries › English

begena

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡənə/

The English word “begena” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A type of lyre of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin with a rectangular soundbox and ten strings, which is played with a plectrum.

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic በገና (bägäna).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “begena” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.