sarod

English

A sarod

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi सरोद (sarod).

Noun

sarod (plural sarods)

1. (music) A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music.
   • 2007 July 10, Allan Kozinn, “Capturing a Master of the Guitar in the Act of Playing and Musing”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     More surprising are segments showing Mr. Bream and friends starting an evening at a pub and then repairing to his home to play jazz, and a 1962 improvisation with the sarod player Ali Akbar Khan in which Mr. Bream picks up Mr. Khan’s themes with an effortlessness and a fluency that say a lot about his musicianship.

Derived terms

• sarodiya
• sarodist

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

• Rados, Sardo, Soard, dorsa, ordas, rados, roads, sodar