"zurna" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zurnas [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-}}, {{bor|en|tr|zurna}} Turkish zurna, {{der|en|ota|زورنا|tr=zurna}} Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zurna), {{der|en|fa-cls|سرنا|tr=surnā}} Classical Persian سرنا (surnā), {{cog|en|horn}} English horn, {{cog|la|cornu||horn}} Latin cornu (“horn”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} zurna (plural zurnas)
  1. (music) A double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music. Wikipedia link: sorna, zurna Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Woodwind instruments Synonyms: shawm, suona, sorna, sornai, surnay, surla, zurla, zournas, zurma Translations (musical instrument): сурна (surna) (Aghul), surle [feminine] (Albanian), curle [feminine] (Albanian), զուռնա (zuṙna) (Armenian), zurna (Azerbaijani), зурма (zurma) (Bagvalal), 嗩吶 /唢呐 (suǒnà) (Chinese Mandarin), zurna (Finnish), ზურნა (zurna) (Georgian), ζουρνάς (zournás) [masculine] (Greek), сырнай (syrnai) (Kazakh), зурнай (zurnay) (Kumyk), зюннав (zuˤnnaw) (Lak), зуьрне (zürne) (Lezgi), birbynė (Lithuanian), زورنا (zurnâ) (Ottoman Turkish), سرنا (sornâ) (Persian), سرنای (sornây) (Persian), سورنای (surnây) (Persian), surma [feminine] (Polish), zurna [feminine] (Portuguese), зурна́ (zurná) [feminine] (Russian), зурна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zurna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zurna [masculine] (Spanish), zurna (Turkish), سۇناي (sunay) (Uyghur), kèn Tàu (Vietnamese), kèn bầu (Vietnamese), zırna [feminine] (Zazaki), loli [feminine] (Zazaki)

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    },
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      "code": "lbe",
      "lang": "Lak",
      "roman": "zuˤnnaw",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "зюннав"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "roman": "zürne",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "зуьрне"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "birbynė"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zurnâ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "زورنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sornâ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "سرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sornây",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "سرنای"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "surnây",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "سورنای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zurna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zurná",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зурна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зурна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zurna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zurna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "zurna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "sunay",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "سۇناي"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "kèn Tàu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "kèn bầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zırna"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "loli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zurna"
}

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