वीणा

See also: वाणी, वाण, वाणि, and वेणु

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit वीणा (vī́ṇā).

वीणा • (vīṇā) f

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).

वीणा • (vī́ṇā) f

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.)
(astrology) a particular configuration of the stars (VarBṛS.)
lightning (L.)
name of a योगिनी (yoginī) (Cat.)
name of a river (MBh.)

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 vī́ṇāyāḥ	वीणाभ्याम् vī́ṇābhyām	वीणाभ्यः vī́ṇābhyaḥ
Genitive	वीणायाः vī́ṇāyāḥ	वीणयोः vī́ṇayoḥ	वीणानाम् vī́ṇānām
Locative	वीणायाम् vī́ṇāyām	वीणयोः vī́ṇayoḥ	वीणासु vī́ṇāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

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

Monier Williams (1899), “वीणा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1005/1.

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