oud, stringed musical instrument popular in medieval and modern Islamic music. It is the mother or father of the European lute. The oud includes a deep pear-shaped human body, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and somewhat much less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. Microsoft https://archerufqbl.ssnblog.com/34063802/music-oud-an-overview