urheen

noun

ur·​heen

variants or urhien or urhheen

ˈərˈhē(ə)n

plural -s

: a Chinese fiddle consisting of two strings usually of silk tuned a fifth apart, stretched across a small mallet-shaped hollow block, and fastened at the other end to tuning pegs set in a long stick

Word History

Etymology

modification of Chinese (Pekingese) êr⁴-hsien², literally, two strings

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