kanjira

plural kanjiras

1. A South Indian frame drum, similar to the tambourine.

   Mr. Mahadevan also sang winningly (but often wordlessly) throughout the concert’s second half, alongside Mr. Hussain, the mandolinist U. Shrinivas and the percussionist V. Selvaganesh, whose specialty is the kanjira, a small hand drum with an expressive range of pitch.

   2009 May 1, Nate Chinen, “Bringing Along Friends Who Can Add to the Beat”, in New York Times