वाणी

See also: वीणा, वाण, वाणि, and वेणु

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाणी (vā́ṇī).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɳiː/, [ʋäː.ɳiː]

Noun edit

वाणी • (vāṇī) f

speech, voice
Synonyms: आवाज़ (āvāz), वाक् (vāk)
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 edit

Declension of वाणी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वाणी vāṇī	वाणियाँ vāṇiyā̃
oblique	वाणी vāṇī	वाणियों vāṇiyõ
vocative	वाणी vāṇī	वाणियो vāṇiyo

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative 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 edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑ́ː.ɳiː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.ɳiː/

Etymology 1 edit

See वाण (vāṇá).

Noun edit

वाणी • (vā́ṇī) stem, f

sound, voice, music
1. (in the plural) a choir of musicians or singers
speech, language, words, diction, (especially) eloquent speech or fine diction
a literary production or composition
praise, laudation

Declension edit

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 edit

वाणी • (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 edit

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 edit

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f

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

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

वाणी • (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]