Meanings
nounsurpeti (plural surpetis)
plural surpetis
- entertainmentSynonym of shruti box.
Other Indian drone instruments include the surpeti. This is a small reed-free organ with no keys that has small bellows pumped by hand to produce the drone sound.
2010, Deborah Lock, editor, Children's Book of Music, Dorling Kindersley Limited, →ISBN, page 33Synonyms: shruti box
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nounSynonym of shruti box.
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- Hindiसुरपेटी
- Englishsurpeti
Borrowed from Hindi सुरपेटी (surpeṭī).
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