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zurna

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

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History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghul: сурна (surna) — musical instrument
  • Albanian: surle — musical instrument
  • Albanian: curle — musical instrument
  • Armenian: զուռնա (zuṙna) — musical instrument
  • Azerbaijani: zurna — musical instrument
  • Bagvalal: зурма (zurma) — musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嗩吶 /唢呐 (suǒnà) — musical instrument
  • Finnish: zurna — musical instrument
  • Georgian: ზურნა (zurna) — musical instrument
  • Greek: ζουρνάς (zournás) — musical instrument
  • Kazakh: сырнай (syrnai) — musical instrument
  • Kumyk: зурнай (zurnay) — musical instrument
  • Lak: зюннав (zuʕnnaw) — musical instrument
  • Lezgi: зуьрне (zürne) — musical instrument
  • Lithuanian: birbynė — musical instrument
  • Persian: سرنا (sornâ) — musical instrument
  • Persian: سرنای (sornây) — musical instrument
  • Persian: سورنای (surnây) — musical instrument
  • Polish: surma — musical instrument
  • Portuguese: zurna — musical instrument
  • Russian: зурна́ (zurná) — musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: зурна — musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: zurna — musical instrument
  • Spanish: zurna — musical instrument
  • Tajik: сурнай (surnay) — musical instrument
  • Turkish: zurna — musical instrument
  • Ottoman Turkish: زورنا (zurnâ) — musical instrument
  • Turkmen: surnaý — musical instrument
  • Uyghur: سۇناي (sunay) — musical instrument
  • Uzbek: surnay — musical instrument
  • Vietnamese: kèn Tàu — musical instrument
  • Vietnamese: kèn bầu — musical instrument
  • Zazaki: zırna — musical instrument
  • Zazaki: loli — musical instrument