bouzouki/bəˈzuːki/EtymologyFrom Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki, “bouzouki”), from Turkish bozuk (“out of order, rotten”). Doublet of buzuq.bouzouki means A Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute with a sharp, metallic sound. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute with a sharp, metallic sound.“The bouzouki itself, identified by this time almost equally with a ‘Turkish’ past and with the criminality of the underworld that cultivated it, became a symbol of subversion in the eyes of the authorities.”