The word panduri (ფანდური) seems curious. It's a bandura-like musical instrument. It's not hard to see that the word is an adjective formed out of a pandi noun. The word pandi in Georgian means, in particular, 'lasso'. Something close to 'strings' which are what panduri consists of. If so, then panduri simply translates as 'stringy'.
Besides, the Western Ukrainians use the word 'обпандити' in the meaning of 'to bypass', 'to avoid'. While in Georgian 'pandiani' adjective means 'cunning'.
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