Esrajとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Punjabi ਇਸਰਾਜ (isarāj).

名詞

esraj (複数形 esrajes)

1. 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.

同意語

• Indian harp

参考

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

アナグラム

• jears, serja