वीणा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā).

Noun

वीणा • (vīṇā) f

  1. a kind of Indian lute

Declension

Declension of वीणा
Singular Plural
Direct वीणा (vīṇā) वीणाएँ (vīṇāẽ)
Oblique वीणा (vīṇā) वीणाओं (vīṇāon)
Vocative वीणा (vīṇā) वीणाओ (vīṇāo)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wī́nā. Related to Middle Persian wn' (win), Sogdian [script needed] (wynʾ /wīnā/), Old Armenian վին (vin, “kind of plucked string instrument”) (an Iranian borrowing), and Khotanese [script needed] (bīna); descendants (via Pali) include Khmer ពិណ (pɨn), Thai พิณ (pin), and Lao ພິນ (phin).

Pronunciation

Noun

वीणा • (vī́ṇā) f

  1. the Indian lute (an instrument of the guitar kind, supposed to have been invented by नारद (nārada) q.v., usually having seven wires or strings raised upon nineteen frets or supports fixed on a long rounded board, towards the ends of which are two large gourds; its compass is said to be two octaves, but it has many varieties according to the number of strings etc.) (TS., Śbr.)
  2. (astrology) a particular configuration of the stars (VarBṛS.)
  3. lightning (L.)
  4. name of a योगिनी (yoginī) (Cat.)
  5. name of a river (MBh.)

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1005/1
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