![]() ![]() Through time there have also been Jewish and Turkish lăutari. ![]() The lăutari were both slave Roma and serfdom Romanians, but the Roma were the majority. In 1775 the first lăutărească guild ( breaslă), was established in Wallachia. The first mention of lăutari is from 1558 when Mircea Ciobanul (appointed ruler by the Ottomans in January 1545), the Voivode of Wallachia, gives Ruste lăutarul ( Ruste the lăutar) as a gift to the Vornic Dingă from Moldavia. From the 17th century, the word lăutar was used regardless of the instrument that was played. The others were named after their instruments, too, e.g.: scripcar ( scripcă player), cobzar ( cobza player), and naingiu ( nai/ panflute player). A distinction should be made between the generic Romanian-language word lăutar and the Romani clan. Originally, the word was used only for the peasant romanian musicians who played the lăută. ![]() Lăutar, according to the DEX ("Dicționarul Explicativ al Limbii Române" - "The Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language"), is formed from lăută (meaning " lute") and the agent suffix -ar, common for occupational names. ![]()
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