surla

A variant of Turkish zurna (“woodwind instrument”), from Classical Persian سرنا‎ (surnā); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).

surla (plural surlas)

1. (music) Alternative form of zurna

• Rasul, Urals, rasul, sural, ursal

A variant of Ottoman Turkish زورنا‎ (zûrnâ, “woodwind instrument”), from Persian سرنا‎ (sornâ); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).

• IPA^(key): /sûːrla/
• Hyphenation: sur‧la

sȗrla f (Cyrillic spelling су̑рла)

1. trunk (of an elephant); so named due to its resemblance to a zurna, a woodwind musical instrument