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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A Russian (or broader Slavic) wind instrument with one or two pipes..
Zhaleika playing I cherish the zhaleika given to me by the self-taught craftsman as a precious souvenir.
We played music for hours: Polish folk songs; church music; and three songs I'd improbably adapted for our zhaleikas, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" because my singing along to that record had caused more groans in our house than anything else, and "Your Song" and "Hey Jude." […] She put my instrument in my hands and she extracted her own zhaleika from the bag she'd carried mine in.
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Zhaleika means A Russian (or broader Slavic) wind instrument with one or two pipes..
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Zhaleika playing I cherish the zhaleika given to me by the self-taught craftsman as a precious souvenir.
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