surpeti

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi सुरपेटी (surpeṭī).

Noun

surpeti (plural surpetis)

  1. (music) Synonym of shruti box.
    • 2010, Deborah Lock, editor, Children's Book of Music, Dorling Kindersley Limited, →ISBN, page 33:
      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.
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