Seeing a zurna is interpreted like seeing a drum.
Hearing a zurna being played signifies hearing a good word.
Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: Seeing a zurna played beside a sick person signifies weeping over the dead.
Seeing a sultan or a person of high rank give one a zurna signifies prosperity and joy.
Playing a zurna and placing one's fingers over its holes signifies learning the Qur'an and its meaning, and that person will recite the Qur'an beautifully.
For a sick person, playing a zurna signifies that the appointed time of death has come. At times, seeing this instrument signifies play, movement, and strife.
Seeing that one has a zurna, reed flute, and whistle beside oneself signifies, according to a hadith indication, becoming a master in reciting the Qur'an.
For a scholar, seeing a golden zurna in one's hand and playing it signifies that one's knowledge will spread.
Seeing instruments such as a zurna, ney, and reed flute also signifies a woman who weeps over the dead.