زورنا

Ottoman Turkish

زورنا

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زرنا (zornâ), alternative form of سرنا (sornâ).

Noun

زورنا • (zurna)

  1. zurna, shawm, a double-reed outdoor wind instrument with a conical wooden body

Derived terms

  • زورناجی (zurnacı, “player of zurna”)
  • قبا زورنا (kaba zurna, “bass horn”)
  • چاتلاق زورنا (çatlak zurna, “a garrulous man”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zurna
  • → Bulgarian: зурна́ (zurná)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܙܘܪܢܐ (zurnā)
  • → English: zurna
  • → Georgian: ზურნა (zurna)
    • → Bats: ზურნ (zurn)
  • → Greek: ζουρνάς (zournás)
  • → Macedonian: зурла (zurla)
  • → Middle Armenian: զուռնայ (zuṙnay), զոռնա (zoṙna)
  • → Russian: зурна́ (zurná)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: зу̑рна
    Latin script: zȗrna

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