zanza

noun

zan·​za

ˈzanzə

variants or sansa

ˈsan(t)sə

or less commonly zanze

ˈzanzə

plural -s

: an African musical instrument consisting of graduated sets of tongues of wood or metal inserted into and resonated by a wooden box and sounded by plucking with the fingers or thumbs

Word History

Etymology

Arabic ṣanj castanets, cymbals, from Persian sanj

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