विना

See also: वन and बिना

Sanskrit

Etymology

From वि (ví).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.n̪ɑː/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋí.n̪ɑː/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.n̪ɑː/

Postposition

विना • (vínā)

1. without, except [+accusative instrumental ablative]

   त्वां विना न गमिष्यामि।

   tvāṃ vinā na gamiṣyāmi.

   I will not go without you.

Descendants

• → Gujarati: વિના (vinā)
• Pali: vinā
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀸 (vinā)
  • Hindi: बिना (binā)
  • Urdu: بنا‎ (binā)

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 969
• “विना” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page (please specify the page number).
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “vínā”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 557