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surla

surla is the alternative form of zurna.

Meaning of zurna

Noun

zurna (plural zurnas)

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

Forms of surla

pluralsurlas

Origin of surla

A variant of Turkish zurna (“woodwind instrument”), from Classical Persian سرنا (surnā); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).

Questions about surla

What is surla the alternative form of?
Surla is the alternative form of zurna.

Words near surla in the dictionary

  1. Surka
  2. surkee
  3. Surkhab
  4. surkunda
  5. Surl
  6. surla
  7. surlas
  8. surlier
  9. surliest
  10. surlily
  11. surliness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: surla (page history and authors); zurna (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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