वीणा

See also: वाणी, वाण, वाणि, and वेणु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वीणा (vī́ṇā).

Noun

वीणा • (vīṇā) f

1. a kind of Indian lute

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wī́nā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wī́nā. 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).

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱীণা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬷᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
• বীণা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰱𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀻𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝီဏာ (Burmese script)
• વીણા (Gujarati script)
• ਵੀਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍀𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦷꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂲𑂝𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವೀಣಾ (Kannada script)
• វីណា (Khmer script)
• ວີຓາ (Lao script)
• വീണാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡳᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘲𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠢᢏᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧓𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐷𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵୀଣା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢷꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆵𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖱𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
• වීණා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩪𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚯𑚘𑚭 (Takri script)
• வீணா (Tamil script)
• వీణా (Telugu script)
• วีณา (Thai script)
• ཝཱི་ཎཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒲𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨘𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíː.ɳɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋiː.ɳɑː/

Noun

वीणा • (vī́ṇā) stem, f

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. lightning (L.)
4. name of a योगिनी (yoginī) (Cat.)
5. name of a river (MBh.)

Declension

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

Descendants

• Pali: vīṇā
  • → Khmer: ពិណ (pɨn)
  • → Thai: พิณ (pin)
  • → Lao: ພິນ (phin)
• • Gujarati: વીણા (vīṇā)
  • Hindi: वीणा (vīṇā), बीन (bīn)
• → Kannada: ವೀಣೆ (vīṇe)
• → Telugu: వీణ (vīṇa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वीणा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1005/1.