Definition of sarangi in English:
sarangi
nounPlural sarangis sɑːˈrʌŋɡisəˈraŋɡiˈsärəNGɡē
An Indian bowed musical instrument about two feet high, with three or four main strings and up to thirty-five sympathetic strings.
Example sentencesExamples
- One is by pulling the string, as in the sitar, and the other is by gliding the fingers as in the sarangi or sarod.
- This album lacks for not a single beat and the sounds of tabla, sarangi and synth are heightened to the max.
- An unusually stringed instrument, the sarangi is being forced into oblivion because of lack of interest.
- He coaxes timbres out of them that sound similar to Indian instruments such as the sitar, sarod, sarangi and veena.
- The sarangi is the most widely played musical instrument in Nepal.