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‖ shahnai|ˈʃɑːnaɪ|
Also shannai, shehnai. Pl. same.
[ad. Hindi and Urdu śahnāī, f. Pers. šāhnāy.]
An Indian wind instrument of the oboe class.
1914A. H. Fox Strangways Music of Hindostan i. 46 In the temple at Madura I heard the nāgasāram (N. India shahnai), a kind of oboe with a very loud tone. 1957New Oxf. Hist. Music I. iv. 223 Among the imported wind-instruments we may count the different varieties of the oboe class, such as shannai (surnahi) which spread from the Near East across continents and to the far islands of the Indonesian archipelago. 1967Evening Standard 20 Sept. 10/2 There has also been this extraordinary blossoming of Indian music... You are now expected to know about Bismillah Khan and his shehnai. 1969R. Shankar My Music i. 40/2 The oboelike shahnai..is thought to be an auspicious instrument and is often played..to celebrate..marriage. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 27 No Mendelssohn's Wedding March for her. She must have shehnai and Gujarati songs! 1981Ld. Harewood Tongs & Bones xii. 195 The two greatest woodwind players I ever heard—Heinz Holliger, the Swiss oboist, and Bismillah Khan, the Indian shahnai player. |