esraj
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Punjabi ਇਸਰਾਜ (isarāj).
Noun
editesraj (plural esrajes)
- A bowed string instrument of Indian origin, with a goatskin soundboard, sympathetic strings attached to a sitar-like neck, and twenty frets.
- 1976 May 28, “Weekender Guide”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, page C1:
- Sri Chinmoy is director of the United Nations meditation group. He is an author and a musician as well. Tonight at 7:30, he will work as a musician along with three or four choral groups and a number of instrumental units—he plays cello and esraj (a type of sitar) himself.