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Ghijak
Classification
Bowed string instrument
Related instruments
Kamancheh
The ghijak (also spelled ghidjak, ghichak, gidzhak, gijak, g'ijjak,[1] or ghijek (Uyghur: غىجەك, ғиҗәк, romanized: ghijek, or occasionally Uyghur: غىرجەك, ғирҗәк, romanized: ghirjek; Chinese: 艾捷克 aijieke or 吉孜哈克 jizihake; Russian: Гиджак), is a group of related spike fiddles, used by Afghans, Uzbeks, Uyghurs, Tajiks, Turkmens, Qaraqalpaks[2] and in the Xinjiang province of western China. Despite the similarity of the name, it is more closely related to the Persian kamancheh than the ghaychak.
^John Baily and Razia Sultanova (2001). "Ghidjak". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
^"Ghijak". Aga Khan Development Network. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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