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Bīn (gender unknown)

original: बीन

Tiktirī

Official transliteration (➺ Been); Northern India; Also: hurdy-gurdy.


Sources

Deva, B. Chaitanya: Musical instruments of India: their history and development. Calcutta, 1978, ➺ p.256.

Dictionaries, &c.

Pathak, R.C.: Bhargava’s standard illustrated dictionary of the Hindi language (Hindi-English ed.). Benares, ? (2, revised), p.737 (बीन-).