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zurna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zur-na
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music.

Etymology

From Turkish zurna, from Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zurna), from Classical Persian سرنا (surnā); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *ḱerh₂-, zurna, زورنا, سرنا

Inflected Forms

zurnas (plural) sorna (alternative) sornai (alternative) surnay (alternative) surla (alternative) zurla (alternative) zournas (alternative) zurma (alternative)

Synonyms

shawm suona

Questions

What does zurna mean?
A double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music.
Where does zurna come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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