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Ghaiṭa (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?
Ghaidā

Obsolete transliteration; According to Podnos a Spanish name, spelt "Ghaíta", referring to Al Shaqandi (Sevilla, d. 1231), who, however, spelt it "ghaiṭa"; NB: ➺ remarks to Tadghtita.


Sources

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.31 (Ghaíta: »Al Shaqandi), 66 (n5).

Web

Archive.org (Robert Stevenson, »Spanish music in the age of Columbus« (The Hague, 1960), p.22 [Website: ➺ p.42]: Al Shaqandi: ghaiṭa)