Gajdy (f) (plurale tantum)
Bagpipe: any type (even if foreign to the local tradition)
17th-19th century; From Arabic غيدا (ghaidā [gentle]) ?; Also used as a generic term for all kinds of bagpipes, Slovak or otherwise; NB¹: According to Leng, "2-tone bagpipes are still widespread in Upper Orava in Babá hora", adding that "They are used both solo and in combination with violins (zlobcoky)"; NB²: Even though referring to both Leng and Garaj [!]), Wikipedia oddly defines the type as a "3-tone gajdy". NB³: In »Airs du temps« the name is erroneously defined as a Croatian term; NB4: ➺ homonyms, &c. (incl. Gaida and Gaita);
NB5: ➺ Gejdy.
NB: Garaj (➺ p.18) informs us that there are 4 main types (dvoj-, troj-, štvor-, & päťhlasné gajdy), but that "According to secondary criteria, 10 species can be distinguished".
Gagdy, Gaida, Gajda, Gajde, Gajdence, Gajdičky, Ğaydence / Gaydence, Ğaydičky / Gaydičky, Ğaydy, Gejdy, Koza, Kozička, Šutky
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Elschek, Oskár: Die Volksmusikinstrumente der Tschechoslowakei, 2 (Handbuch der europ. Volksmusikinstr. 1/2;2 [Slowakei]). Leipzig, 1983, p.203.
Garaj, Bernard: Gajdy a gajdošská tradícia na Slovensku (Bagpipe and bagpipers’ tradition in Slovakia). Bratislava, 1995, p.19-25 (dvojhlasné gajdy).
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.362, 374.
Airs du temps: cornemuses du monde, musiques des régions. Ploezal, 1996, p.30.
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