आकाशवाणी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī). By surface analysis, आकाश (ākāś, “sky, heavens”) +‎ वाणी (vāṇī, “sound; voice”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑːʃ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/, [äː.käːʃ.ʋäː.ɳiː]

Noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśvāṇī) f

1. radio; a radio station

   Synonym: रेडियो (reḍiyo)

2. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) akashvani: a divine message, an oracle

Declension

Declension of आकाशवाणी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī	आकाशवाणियाँ ākāśvāṇiyā̃
oblique	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī	आकाशवाणियों ākāśvāṇiyõ
vocative	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī	आकाशवाणियो ākāśvāṇiyo

Proper noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśvāṇī) f

1. All India Radio

Declension

Declension of आकाशवाणी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī
oblique	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī
vocative	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आकाश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 78

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আকাশৱাণী (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬓᬵᬰᬯᬵᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• আকাশবাণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀰𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• အာကာၐဝါဏီ (Burmese script)
• આકાશવાણી (Gujarati script)
• ਆਕਾਸ਼ਵਾਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦏꦴꦯꦮꦴꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಕಾಶವಾಣೀ (Kannada script)
• អាកាឝវាណី (Khmer script)
• ອາກາຨວາຓີ (Lao script)
• ആകാശവാണീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଆକାଶଵାଣୀ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢒꢵꢯꢮꢵꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ආකාශවාණී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩿𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஆகாஶவாணீ (Tamil script)
• ఆకాశవాణీ (Telugu script)
• อากาศวาณี (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ་ཝཱ་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒏𑒰𑒬𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of आकाश (ākāśa, “sky, heavens”) +‎ वाणी (vāṇī, “sound; voice”). The term's usage for the radio originated in 1935 from Kannada ಆಕಾಶವಾಣಿ (ākāśavāṇi), coined by the founders of a Mysore radio station that would bear the same name. It was then "back-borrowed" into Sanskrit, where it spread to other Indic languages, which borrowed vocabulary, including the original sense of this word, from Sanskrit after it was adopted by All India Radio.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/

Noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśavāṇī) stem, f

1. (New Sanskrit) radio

   आकाशवाणीं योजयतु ― ākāśavāṇīṃ yojayatu ― Turn on the radio.

2. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) akashvani: a divine message, an oracle

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of आकाशवाणी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī)	आकाशवाण्यौ (ākāśavāṇyau)	आकाशवाण्यः (ākāśavāṇyaḥ)
accusative	आकाशवाणीम् (ākāśavāṇīm)	आकाशवाण्यौ (ākāśavāṇyau)	आकाशवाणीः (ākāśavāṇīḥ)
instrumental	आकाशवाण्या (ākāśavāṇyā)	आकाशवाणीभ्याम् (ākāśavāṇībhyām)	आकाशवाणीभिः (ākāśavāṇībhiḥ)
dative	आकाशवाण्यै (ākāśavāṇyai)	आकाशवाणीभ्याम् (ākāśavāṇībhyām)	आकाशवाणीभ्यः (ākāśavāṇībhyaḥ)
ablative	आकाशवाण्याः (ākāśavāṇyāḥ)	आकाशवाणीभ्याम् (ākāśavāṇībhyām)	आकाशवाणीभ्यः (ākāśavāṇībhyaḥ)
genitive	आकाशवाण्याः (ākāśavāṇyāḥ)	आकाशवाण्योः (ākāśavāṇyoḥ)	आकाशवाणीनाम् (ākāśavāṇīnām)
locative	आकाशवाण्याम् (ākāśavāṇyām)	आकाशवाण्योः (ākāśavāṇyoḥ)	आकाशवाणीषु (ākāśavāṇīṣu)
vocative	आकाशवाणि (ākāśavāṇi)	आकाशवाण्यौ (ākāśavāṇyau)	आकाशवाण्यः (ākāśavāṇyaḥ)

Proper noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśavāṇī) stem, f

1. All India Radio