शहनाई

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهنای (šahnāi). Cognate with Gujarati શરણાઈ (śarṇāī) and Marathi सनई (sanaī).

Pronunciation

Noun

शहनाई • (śahnāī) f

  1. (music) clarinet, shehnai

Descendants

  • → English: shehnai

References

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “शहनाई”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • “शहनाई”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
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