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shehnai

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Etymology

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

Noun

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shehnai (plural shehnais)

  1. (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 []