surla
English edit
Etymology edit
A variant of Turkish zurna (“woodwind instrument”), from Classical Persian سرنا (surnā); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).
Noun edit
surla (plural surlas)
Anagrams edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
A variant of Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zûrnâ, “woodwind instrument”), from Persian سرنا (sornâ); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sȗrla f (Cyrillic spelling су̑рла)
- trunk (of an elephant); so named due to its resemblance to a zurna, a woodwind musical instrument