sarangi

American  

[sahr-uhng-gee] / ˈsɑr əŋ gi /

noun

1. (in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.

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sarangi British  

/ sɑːˈrʌŋɡɪ /

noun

1. music a stringed instrument of India played with a bow

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Etymology

Origin of sarangi

First recorded in 1850–55, sarangi is from the Sanskrit word sāraṅgī

Example Sentences

The Zaz family name has long been synonymous as the makers of the santoor, rabab, sarangi and sehtar.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

A big presence on stage, he was always surrounded by fellow musicians on Indian instruments like the harmonium and the three-stringed sarangi, and a jamboree of vocalists providing the drone of the tanpura.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

Another Indian band on the Asia Beats series, Adi and Suhail take a different route, in their case combining dance beats with Indian sarangi and Hindustani classical music to create what they call, 'electro-sarangi' music.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2014

In addition to vocal music, Shankar presented ten masters of strange-sounding wind and percussion instruments�the sarod, santoor, shehnai, sarangi, mri-dangam and venu.

From Time Magazine Archive

Saathi, featuring the voice and sarangi of Khan, will please purists old enough to remember Ravi Shankar at Woodstock while fitting right alongside Buddha Bar in their teenage sons' collections.

From Time Magazine Archive