Along with the tanbūr and sato, an instrument whose name ends with this syllable was repopularized by Turgʻun Alimatov and accompanies Central Asian bakhshi bards. A modern, double-bowl-shaped lute whose name is this syllable (15[1]-5[1])was popularized by Mīrzā Abdollāh and is the most common instrument in the Persian (-5[1])radīf (15[1])repertoire. (15[1])This Persian word for “string” is the second syllable in the name (15[1])of an instrument invented (-5[1])by (-5[1])qawwālī (10[1])pioneer (15[1])Amīr Khusrau, (15[1])which has a dozen (*) sympathetic (10[1])strings that set the mood of a rāg. (10[5]-5[1])That instrument ending with this syllable (-5[1])was (10[1])popularized (10[1])in the West by George Harrison (10[3])on (10[6]-5[1])“Norwegian Wood” (10[3])after (10[3])he (10[1])met one (10[1])of its masters at London’s Asian Music Circle. (10[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this syllable that, when prefixed si-, names (10[2])a Hindustani (10[1])instrument (10[1])played (10[1])by Ravi Shankar. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])