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basaree

basaree is the alternative form of bansuri.

Meaning of bansuri

Noun

bansuri (plural bansuris)

  1. A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
    • A cool breeze began to blow, carrying on it the undulating notes of a bansuri from some village downriver.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 94

Forms of basaree

pluralbasarees

Questions about basaree

What is basaree the alternative form of?
Basaree is the alternative form of bansuri.

Words near basaree in the dictionary

  1. basapophyses
  2. basapophysis
  3. Basarabeasca
  4. basaraco
  5. basaracos
  6. basaree
  7. basarees
  8. basari
  9. basaris
  10. basaruco
  11. basarucos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basaree (page history and authors); bansuri (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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