वीणा

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit वीणा (vī́ṇā).

Noun

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वीणा (vīṇāf

  1. a kind of Indian lute

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wī́nā (lute).

Cognate with Middle Persian wn' (win), Sogdian [script needed] (wynʾ /⁠wīnā⁠/), Old Armenian վին (vin, kind of plucked string instrument) (an Iranian borrowing), Khotanese [script needed] (bīna).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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वीणा (vī́ṇā) stemf

  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. name of a river (MBh.)

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of वीणा (vī́ṇā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वीणा
vī́ṇā
वीणे
vī́ṇe
वीणाः
vī́ṇāḥ
Vocative वीणे
vī́ṇe
वीणे
vī́ṇe
वीणाः
vī́ṇāḥ
Accusative वीणाम्
vī́ṇām
वीणे
vī́ṇe
वीणाः
vī́ṇāḥ
Instrumental वीणया / वीणा¹
vī́ṇayā / vī́ṇā¹
वीणाभ्याम्
vī́ṇābhyām
वीणाभिः
vī́ṇābhiḥ
Dative वीणायै
vī́ṇāyai
वीणाभ्याम्
vī́ṇābhyām
वीणाभ्यः
vī́ṇābhyaḥ
Ablative वीणायाः / वीणायै²
vī́ṇāyāḥ / vī́ṇāyai²
वीणाभ्याम्
vī́ṇābhyām
वीणाभ्यः
vī́ṇābhyaḥ
Genitive वीणायाः / वीणायै²
vī́ṇāyāḥ / vī́ṇāyai²
वीणयोः
vī́ṇayoḥ
वीणानाम्
vī́ṇānām
Locative वीणायाम्
vī́ṇāyām
वीणयोः
vī́ṇayoḥ
वीणासु
vī́ṇāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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