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plural qanuns
(music) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges. quotations examples
WISPS of mournful tunes from a cane flute mingled with the plucking, jangling arabesques of the zitherlike qanun, the oud and gentle drums.
2009 June 21, Daniel J. Wakin, “Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided”, in New York Times