English
zurna
Zurna comes from Ottoman Turkish زورنا ‘zurna, shawm, a double-reed outdoor wind…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-root as named · steps between not traced
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentسرناsurnā
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928زورناzurna‘zurna, shawm, a double-reed outdoor wind instrument with a conical wooden body’
- Turkish1928–presentzurna
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerh₂-root as named · steps between not traced
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentسرناsurnā
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928زورناzurna‘zurna, shawm, a double-reed outdoor wind instrument with a conical wooden body’
- Turkish1928–presentzurna
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-
cheer, hart, horn, cerebral, crater, grail, migraine, corny, carotid, cerebellum, cornea, cranium, keratin, cairn, procrastinate, cornet, cerebrum, rother, 51 more
Today it means
noun A double-reed outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Anatolian folk music.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- / zurna