वाणी

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See also: वीणा, वाण, वाणि, and वेणु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाणी (vā́ṇī).

Pronunciation

Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) f

  1. speech, voice
    Synonyms: आवाज़ (āvāz), वाक् (vāk)
  2. sound (of which the source is known)
  3. (Dhrupad) one of four specific forms or styles of dhrupad, distinct from a gharana
    Synonym: बानी (bānī) (more common)

Declension

Declension of वाणी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct वाणी
vāṇī 		वाणियाँ
vāṇiyā̃
oblique वाणी
vāṇī 		वाणियों
vāṇiyõ
vocative वाणी
vāṇī 		वाणियो
vāṇiyo

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See वाण (vāṇá).

Noun

वाणी • (vā́ṇī) stem, f

  1. sound, voice, music
    1. (in the plural) a choir of musicians or singers
  2. speech, language, words, diction, (especially) eloquent speech or fine diction
  3. a literary production or composition
  4. praise, laudation
Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of वाणी (vā́ṇī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वाणी
vā́ṇī 		वाण्यौ / वाणी¹
vā́ṇyau / vā́ṇī¹ 		वाण्यः / वाणीः¹
vā́ṇyaḥ / vā́ṇīḥ¹
Vocative वाणि
vā́ṇi 		वाण्यौ / वाणी¹
vā́ṇyau / vā́ṇī¹ 		वाण्यः / वाणीः¹
vā́ṇyaḥ / vā́ṇīḥ¹
Accusative वाणीम्
vā́ṇīm 		वाण्यौ / वाणी¹
vā́ṇyau / vā́ṇī¹ 		वाणीः
vā́ṇīḥ
Instrumental वाण्या
vā́ṇyā 		वाणीभ्याम्
vā́ṇībhyām 		वाणीभिः
vā́ṇībhiḥ
Dative वाण्यै
vā́ṇyai 		वाणीभ्याम्
vā́ṇībhyām 		वाणीभ्यः
vā́ṇībhyaḥ
Ablative वाण्याः / वाण्यै²
vā́ṇyāḥ / vā́ṇyai² 		वाणीभ्याम्
vā́ṇībhyām 		वाणीभ्यः
vā́ṇībhyaḥ
Genitive वाण्याः / वाण्यै²
vā́ṇyāḥ / vā́ṇyai² 		वाण्योः
vā́ṇyoḥ 		वाणीनाम्
vā́ṇīnām
Locative वाण्याम्
vā́ṇyām 		वाण्योः
vā́ṇyoḥ 		वाणीषु
vā́ṇīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f

  1. the Hindu goddess of speech, Sarasvati
  2. name of a meter consisting only of long syllables
  3. name of a river (according to some, the Sarasvati)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not attested in etymological dictionaries. Perhaps connected to Etymology 1 somehow, via the "stringed harp" meaning of वाण (vāṇa)?”

Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f

  1. a reed
  2. (in the dual) the two bars of a car or carriage

Etymology 3

Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f

  1. Alternative form of वाणि (vāṇi, “weaving”)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वाणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 939/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 541
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वाणी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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