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esraj|ɛsˈrɑːdʒ|
[Bengali.]
An Indian musical instrument with three or four strings, and extra sympathetic strings.
1921H. A. Popley Music of India 109 The Esrāj is the Bengal variety of the sārangī. It is a little smaller than the latter, and uses all wire strings instead of gut... This is the common instrument that one finds to-day in the houses of cultured people in Bengal. It is played with a bow like the sārangī. 1952A. Danielou Catal. Indian Mus. 32 The Esrāj. A long and narrow bowed string instrument used mainly in Bengal to accompany singing. 1957O. Gosvami Story Indian Mus. xxvii. 305 The difference between Esraj and Dilruba is that the latter is a little bigger. 1966Daily Tel. 13 Aug. 10/4 Four leading folk singers of Bengal and the Punjab..will be travelling from India for the Festival and will be accompanied by stringed instruments like the esraj. |