shehnai
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[edit]From Hindi शहनाई (śahnāī), from Persian شهنای (šahnāi).
Noun
[edit]shehnai (plural shehnais)
- (music) An ancient reeded woodwind instrument from India with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 125:
- The next seven days the shehnais played in the Naupatkhana and every morning I offered my prayers to the founder of our dynasty […]