shehnain.

/ˈʃɑːnʌɪ/

Forms: Also shahnai, shannai. Plural same.

Etymology: < Hindi and Urdu śahnāī, < Persian šāhnāy. N.E.D. (1913) enters this under the headword shahnai and gives the pronunciation as (ʃa·nai) /ˈʃɑːnaɪ/.

An Indian wind instrument of the oboe class.

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1914 A. H. F. Strangways Mus. Hindostan i. 46 In the temple at Madura I heard the nāgasāram (N. India shahnai), a kind of oboe with a very loud tone.

1957 New 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.

1967 Evening 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.

1969 R. Shankar My Music i. 40/2 The oboelike shahnai..is thought to be an auspicious instrument and is often played..to celebrate..marriage.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 27 No Mendelssohn's Wedding March for her. She must have shehnai and Gujarati songs!

1981 Ld. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shehnai
释义	shehnain. /ˈʃɑːnʌɪ/ Forms: Also shahnai, shannai. Plural same. Etymology: < Hindi and Urdu śahnāī, < Persian šāhnāy. N.E.D. (1913) enters this under the headword shahnai and gives the pronunciation as (ʃa·nai) /ˈʃɑːnaɪ/. An Indian wind instrument of the oboe class. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > oboe-like instruments shepherd's pipec1440 alto fagotto1829 tenoroon1849 krummhorn1864 zurna1870 rackett1876 suona1881 heckelphone1905 surnai1905 shehnai1914 doppione1953 1914 A. H. F. Strangways Mus. Hindostan i. 46 In the temple at Madura I heard the nāgasāram (N. India shahnai), a kind of oboe with a very loud tone. 1957 New 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. 1967 Evening 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. 1969 R. Shankar My Music i. 40/2 The oboelike shahnai..is thought to be an auspicious instrument and is often played..to celebrate..marriage. 1971 Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 27 No Mendelssohn's Wedding March for her. She must have shehnai and Gujarati songs! 1981 Ld. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1914
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