बाँसुरी

Braj

Alternative forms

• बँसुरी (bãsurī)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī)

Noun

बाँसुरी (bā̃surī) f

1. flute, bansuri

Hindi

बाँसुरी

Etymology

Borrowed from Braj बाँसुरी (bā̃surī), ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “flute”). Largely displaced native बाँसली (bā̃slī). Cognate to Gujarati વાંસળી (vā̃saḷī), Bengali বাঁশি (bãśi), Assamese বাঁহী (bãhi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

बाँसुरी • (bā̃surī) f (Urdu spelling بانسری)

1. (music) bansuri, flute

Declension

Declension of बाँसुरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बाँसुरी bā̃surī	बाँसुरियाँ bā̃suriyā̃
oblique	बाँसुरी bā̃surī	बाँसुरियों bā̃suriyõ
vocative	बाँसुरी bā̃surī	बाँसुरियो bā̃suriyo

Descendants

• → English: bansuri

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाँसुरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṁśī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press