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surpeti

surpeti noun: synonym of shruti box.

Noun

surpeti (plural surpetis)

  1. Synonym of shruti box.
    • Other Indian drone instruments include the surpeti. This is a small reed-free organ with no keys that has small bellows pumped by hand to produce the drone sound.2010, Deborah Lock, editor, Children's Book of Music, Dorling Kindersley Limited, →ISBN, page 33
    Synonyms:
    shruti box

Synonyms of surpeti

Forms of surpeti

pluralsurpetis

Origin of surpeti

Borrowed from Hindi सुरपेटी (surpeṭī).

Questions about surpeti

What does surpeti mean?
Surpeti means synonym of shruti box.
What part of speech is surpeti?
Surpeti is a noun.
What is the plural of surpeti?
The plural of surpeti is surpetis.

Words near surpeti in the dictionary

  1. surpassingness
  2. surpassings
  3. surpassive
  4. surpay
  5. surpays
  6. surpeti
  7. surpetis
  8. surplice
  9. surpliced
  10. surplices
  11. surplus

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