Sarband
/ˈsɑːr.bænd/noun
A musical form or section found in Persianate and Central Asian musical traditions.
Did you know?In Persian, sarband combines sar, “head,” with band, “binding,” while the term later became associated with specialized musical structures in Persianate traditions.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kerh₂- / *kers-
“A reconstructed root associated with the head or upper part of the body, ancestral to Iranian forms related to sar.”
Old Iranian
Iranian
*sar-
“Head; the upper or foremost part.”
Middle Persian
Middle Persian
sar
“Head; chief or foremost part.”
Middle Persian
Middle Persian
band
“A band, fastening, or something that binds, from the Iranian root meaning “to bind.””
Early New Persian
Persian
sarband
“A headband or head-binding; literally, something that binds the head.”
Modern English
English
sarband
“A specialized musical form or section borrowed from Persianate musical terminology.”