shahnāi (English spelling) shahnai

Japanese: shahnāi(英語表記)shahnai
shahnāi (English spelling) shahnai

…It is a wooden wind instrument that produces sound with a double reed and has conical holes. Most of them basically have the same structure with seven holes on the front and one on the back, but there are subtle differences in the name, size, material, etc. depending on the culture. The Persian name means "flute for festivals" and some names are derived from Persian, such as zurna in Turkey, shahnāi in North India, and serunai in Indonesia, while some names are far removed from Persian, such as gyaling in Tibet and pi in Thailand. It was introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty and was called sona or suona, and written as 鐶 or 鐶, and during the Qing Dynasty it was also written as 痩吶 or 爾名. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "shahnāi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ダブル・リードで音を発する木製の管楽器で円錐状の管孔をもち,基本的には大部分のものが前面7孔,裏面1孔という同一の構造をもっているが,各文化圏により名称や大きさ,材質などに微妙な違いが見られる。ペルシア語の呼称は〈祭sūrの笛nāy〉の意で,トルコのズルナzurna,北インドのシャーナーイshahnāi,インドネシアのスルナイserunai等のようにペルシア語に由来した呼称が行われている一方,チベットのギャリンrgyaling,タイのピーpīなどのようにペルシア語からは遠ざかっているものもある。中国では明代に伝えられソーナー,スオナーなどと呼ばれ,鎖吶,鎖などと記され,清代には嗩吶,蘇爾奈とも書かれた。…

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