zurnahttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zurna_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezurna, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zurnanoun

Music.
  1. 1870–
    A Turkish pipe resembling a bagpipe or shawm.
    1. 1870
      Zourna, a kind of hautboy... The zourna has usually a mouthpiece consisting of a brass tube. Hindustan.
      C. Engel, Descriptive Catalogue of Musical Instruments in South Kensington Museum 17
    2. 1870
      Zourna Vezirli [from Turkey].
      C. Engel, Descriptive Catalogue of Musical Instruments in South Kensington Museum 28
    3. 1876
      Zurna, a Turkish wind instrument similar in character to the oboe.
      J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett, Dictionary of Musical Terms 456/1
    4. 1941
      Nine musicians playing the zurna (a kind of oboe), including their chief..the bandmaster.
      N. Bessaraboff, Ancient European Musical Instruments 20
    5. 1953
      We may assume that the Persian word zurnâ is the root from which zurna, zurne, zurla and surla were derived.
      Y. Arbatsky, Beating Tupan in Central Balkans 4
    6. 1965
      Speaking of the mouth~blown cylindrical pipes which she inclines to regard as ancestors of the modern clarinet, would she be referring to the zurna, sometimes known as duduk?
      Listener 24 June 940/3
    7. 1976
      If you are genuinely interested in the derivation, history and characteristics of musical instruments,..you will find everything from the accordion to the zurna in ‘Musical Instruments of the World’.
      Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 11 November 20/2

zurna, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zurna, n. was last modified in December 2024.