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 was popularized by Mīrzā Abdollāh and is the most common (-5[1])instrument in the Persian radīf repertoire. This Persian word for “string” is the second syllable (-5[1])in the name of an instrument invented by qawwālī pioneer Amīr Khusrau, which has a dozen (*) sympathetic strings that set the mood of a rāg. That instrument (-5[1])ending with this three-letter (-5[1])syllable (-5[1])was popularized in the West by George Harrison on “Norwegian Wood” (10[1])after he met one of its masters at London’s Asian Music Circle. (10[1])For 10 points, name this syllable that, when prefixed si-, (10[1])names a Hindustani (10[1])instrument played by Ravi (10[1])Shankar. ■END■