bansuri

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás

Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa)

Sanskrit -ई (-ī)

Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī)

Prakrit -𑀮- (-la-)

Braj बाँसुरी (bā̃surī)bor.

Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī)bor.

English bansuri

Borrowed from Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī); see there for more.

Noun

bansuri (plural bansuris)

1. (music) A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 94:

     A cool breeze began to blow, carrying on it the undulating notes of a bansuri from some village downriver.

Translations

flute

• Catalan: bansuri (ca) m

Anagrams

• Burians, Urbinas, burians