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shenai

shenai is the alternative form of shehnai.

Meaning of shehnai

Noun

shehnai (plural shehnais)

  1. 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 […]1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 125

Forms of shenai

pluralshenais

Questions about shenai

What is shenai the alternative form of?
Shenai is the alternative form of shehnai.

Words near shenai in the dictionary

  1. Shen-Kan-Ning
  2. Shen-nung-chia
  3. Shen-yang
  4. shenachie
  5. shenachies
  6. shenai
  7. shenais
  8. Shenandoah
  9. Shenandoah beard
  10. Shenandoah beards
  11. Shenandoah County

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