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ur·heen
variants:
or urhien or urhheen \ ˈərˈhē(ə)n \
plural -s
Definition of urheen
: a Chinese fiddle consisting of two strings usually of silk tuned a fifth apart, stretched across a small mallet-shaped hollow block, and fastened at the other end to tuning pegs set in a long stick
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