वाणी
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit वाणी (vā́ṇī).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editवाणी • (vāṇī) f
- speech, voice
- sound (of which the source is known)
- (Dhrupad) one of four specific forms or styles of dhrupad, distinct from a gharana
- Synonym: बानी (bānī) (more common)
Declension
editSanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- ৱাণী (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
- বাণী (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါဏီ (Burmese script)
- વાણી (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಣೀ (Kannada script)
- វាណី (Khmer script)
- ວາຓີ (Lao script)
- വാണീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଵାଣୀ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
- වාණී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
- வாணீ (Tamil script)
- వాణీ (Telugu script)
- วาณี (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSee वाण (vāṇá).
Noun
editवाणी • (vā́ṇī) stem, f
- sound, voice, music
- speech, language, words, diction, (especially) eloquent speech or fine diction
- a literary production or composition
- praise, laudation
Declension
editFeminine ī-stem declension of वाणी (vā́ṇī) | |||
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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 |
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Proper noun
editवाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f
- the Hindu goddess of speech, Sarasvati
- name of a meter consisting only of long syllables
- name of a river (according to some, the Sarasvati)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editवाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f
Etymology 3
editNoun
editवाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f
- Alternative form of वाणि (vāṇi, “weaving”)
References
edit- 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][1] (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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- Sanskrit lemmas
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- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit feminine nouns
- Sanskrit ī-stem nouns
- Sanskrit proper nouns
- Sanskrit proper nouns in Devanagari script
- sa:Hindu deities