馬ば頭とう琴きん

noun

morin khuur; horsehead fiddle

A traditional Mongolian bowed string instrument with a carved horse head on the pegbox. Also known by the Chinese-derived name matouqin.

• モンゴルの草そう原げんで馬ば頭とう琴きんの演えん奏そうを聴きいた。

  I listened to a morin khuur performance on the Mongolian steppe.