psaltery

Etymology
A learned alteration of, (rarely ), from , from , from , from. . Cognate of and.

Noun

 * 1)  A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.

Usage notes
In the King James Version of the Bible, "psaltery" is used as a translation for certain words whose referent isn't known: the Hebrew (kli) and  (nével), and the Aramaic  (psanterín).

Translations

 * Arabic: سُنْطُور آلَةْ مُوسِيقِيَّة
 * Bulgarian: псалтерий
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 薩泰里琴
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: psalteerium
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: プサルタリー
 * Korean: 프살테리움, 솔터리
 * Kyrgyz: гуслинин
 * Macedonian: псалтир
 * Manx: claasagh rea
 * Middle English: sauter, sauterie
 * Portuguese: saltério
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: salterio
 * Thai: เครื่องดนตรีโบราณ
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh: saltring, nabl