बाँसुरी

Hindi

बाँसुरी

Etymology

From an earlier बंसी (bansī), ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “flute”). Cognate to Gujarati વાંસળી (vā̃saḷī), Bengali বাঁশি (bãśi), Assamese বাঁহী (bãhi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑ̃ː.sʊ.ɾiː/, [bä̃ː.sʊ.ɾiː]

Noun

बाँसुरी • (bā̃surī) f

1. (music) bansuri, flute

References

• Template:R:Ox HI-EN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṁśī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press