shehnai

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7

Definition of shehnai

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An ancient reeded woodwind instrument from India with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys.
    “The next seven days the shehnais played in the Naupatkhana and every morning I offered my prayers to the founder of our dynasty […]”

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Etymology

From Hindi शहनाई (śahnāī), from Persian شهنای (šahnāi).

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