English

Alternative forms

• shanai
• shenai

Noun

shehnai ‎(plural shehnais)

1. (music) An ancient reeded woodwind instrument with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 125:

     The next seven days the shehnais played in the Naupatkhana and every morning I offered my prayers to the founder of our dynasty […].