surnain.
/ˈsʊrnʌɪ/ A South Asian variety of oboe.
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1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 208 There were also common Hawboyes, which they [sc. Persians] callSurnatzi.]
1905 Daily Chron. 24 Feb. 8/5 An instrument called surná, that bears a resemblance..to a Scotch bagpipe.
1907 Blackwood's Mag. June 819/1 Moving to the thunder of tom-toms and to the squeal of the surnais (native pipes).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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