zurna

English

Alternative forms

• sornai
• surla
• surnay
• zournas
• zurla
• zurma

Etymology

From Turkish zurna, from Persian سرنا‎ (sornâ); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).

Noun

zurna (plural zurnas)

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

Synonyms

• sorna
• shawm
• suona
• lettish horn

Translations

musical instrument

• Aghul: сурна
• Armenian: զուռնա (hy) (zuṙna)
• Azerbaijani: zurna
• Bagvalal: зурма
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗩吶 (zh), 唢呐 (zh) (suǒnà)

• Finnish: zurna (fi)
• Georgian: ზურნა (zurna)
• Greek: ζουρνάς (el) m (zournás)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kumyk: зурнай (zurnay)
• Lak: зюннав (zuˤnnaw)
• Lezgi: зуьрне (zürne)

• Lithuanian: birbynė
• Ottoman Turkish: زورنا‎ (zurnâ)
• Persian: سرنا‎ (fa) (sornâ), سرنای‎ (sornây), سورنای‎ (surnây)
• Polish: surma (pl) f
• Portuguese: zurna f
• Russian: зурна́ (ru) f (zurná)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зурна f

  Roman: zurna (sh) f

• Spanish: zurna m
• Turkish: zurna (tr)
• Uyghur: سۇناي‎ (ug) (sunay)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Zazaki: zırna f, loli (diq) f

Anagrams

• azurn, runza

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زورنا‎ (zurnâ), from Persian سرنا‎ (sornâ), contraction of سورنای‎ (surnây).

Noun

zurna f (Cyrillic spelling зурна)

1. (music) zurna

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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian سرنا‎ (sornâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zuɾnɑ]
• Hyphenation: zur‧na

Noun

zurna

1. (music) zurna

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	zurna
Definite accusative	zurnayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zurna	zurnalar
Definite accusative	zurnayı	zurnaları
Dative	zurnaya	zurnalara
Locative	zurnada	zurnalarda
Ablative	zurnadan	zurnalardan
Genitive	zurnanın	zurnaların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular zurnam zurnalarım 2nd singular zurnan zurnaların 3rd singular zurnası zurnaları 1st plural zurnamız zurnalarımız 2nd plural zurnanız zurnalarınız 3rd plural zurnaları zurnaları
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular zurnayım zurnalarım 2nd singular zurnasın zurnalarsın 3rd singular zurna zurnadır zurnalar zurnalardır 1st plural zurnayız zurnalarız 2nd plural zurnasınız zurnalarsınız 3rd plural zurnalar zurnalardır