kaval

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kaval (plural kavals)

1. (music) A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe.
   • 2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     MATT DARRIAU’S PARADOX TRIO (Thursday) In addition to Mr. Darriau — on clarinet and saxophones as well as kaval (an end-blown flute) and gaida (a kind of bagpipe) — this exuberant Bulgarian-improv band features Brad Shepik’s guitars, Rufus Cappadocia’s cello and Seido Salifoski’s hand drums.

• Valka

From Proto-Finnic *kavala.

kaval (genitive kavala, partitive kavalat, comparative kavalam, superlative kõige kavalam)

1. treacherous, deceitful, sly, cunning

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوال (kaval), probably from Arabic قَوَّال (qawwāl, “talkative; hymn singer”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈvaɫ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧val

kaval (definite accusative kavalı, plural kavallar)

1. kaval, a traditional, oblique flute played throughout the Balkans and Anatolia

• “kaval”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kaval”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kaval1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2477
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kaval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük