shehnai

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shehnai

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From Hindi शहनाई (śahnāī), from Persian شهنای (šahnāi).

noun shehnais · shanai · shenai

An ancient reeded woodwind instrument from India with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys. The next seven days the shehnais played in the Naupatkhana and every morning I offered my prayers to the founder of our dynasty […]

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noun musical instrument

हिन्दी	शहनाई śahnāī

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@misc{shehnai_2026,
  title = {shehnai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shehnai},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}