Made in Arabic
lute
العُود
An ūd made in Istanbul in 1916 by the Greek luthier Manol, known as "the Stradivarius of the ūd": a spruce soundboard and a vaulted back of eighteen light and dark ribs. The ūd is among the oldest stringed instruments, and Europe took both the instrument and its name from it, as The Met notes. Arabic al-ʿūd, with the article, became Old Provençal laut, Old French lut, and English lute.
- Instrument
- an ūd made by Manol in Istanbul, 1916
The path between languagesal-ʿūd → laut → lut → lute
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ملكٌ عامّ
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