wn'

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Middle Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *wīnā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wī́nā.

Related to Sogdian 𐼴𐼷𐼻𐼰 (wynʾ /⁠wīnā⁠/, harp, lute), Old Armenian վին (vin, a kind of plucked string instrument) (an Iranian borrowing), Khotanese [script needed] (bīna, musical instrument; harp, lute) and Sanskrit वीणा (vī́ṇā, veena).

Noun

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wn' (win)

  1. veena, lute

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “win”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 91
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 340–341
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) “bīna”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 284