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Borrowed from Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī); see there for more.
Noun
[edit]bansuri (plural bansuris)
- (music) A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
- 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 94:
- A cool breeze began to blow, carrying on it the undulating notes of a bansuri from some village downriver.
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