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In my googlings, I'm coming up with mention of the ghaita as a "bagpipe" (and not by the name "mizwad" either). Are the writers mistaken, or is there a bagged version of the ghaita? It seems a pretty fair guess that the Spanish term "gaita" comes from that source, but where does the bag come in? If there is a bagged version, it'd be great to cite reference and mention it in the article.MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Actually, Grove says that the Arabic term "ghaita" comes from the Gothic languagegait, meaning "goat." I assume the term came from the Visigoths into Spain, then to Morocco from Spain. The Basque algaita probably got the term from Gothic, though perhaps also from Al-Andalus. I've written to the scholar writing on these issues, and he wouldn't answer how he knows this. Regarding a bagged versin of the Moroccan rhaita/ghaita, it's possible but I've never heard of such. There are examples of instruments with the same name (such as elsewhere in the Arabic world), one a reed pipe and another a bagpipe. Badagnani (talk) 21:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
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