veena
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Hindi वीणा (vīṇā), and its source, Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).
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Noun edit
veena (plural veenas)
- (music) A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 339:
- When he wanted to test any of the principles he was enunciating or elucidating, he went over to the veena which sits in a glass case now and played for hours and substantially extended the vocabulary and scope of the instrument.
- 2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 375:
- Shanmugavadivu continued to earn her income through her veena performances, and by introducing her daughters to the stage as soon as they were able.
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Estonian edit
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veena
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English veena, from Hindi वीणा (vīṇā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veena
Declension edit
Inflection of veena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | veena | veenat | ||
genitive | veenan | veenojen | ||
partitive | veenaa | veenoja | ||
illative | veenaan | veenoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | veena | veenat | ||
accusative | nom. | veena | veenat | |
gen. | veenan | |||
genitive | veenan | veenojen veenainrare | ||
partitive | veenaa | veenoja | ||
inessive | veenassa | veenoissa | ||
elative | veenasta | veenoista | ||
illative | veenaan | veenoihin | ||
adessive | veenalla | veenoilla | ||
ablative | veenalta | veenoilta | ||
allative | veenalle | veenoille | ||
essive | veenana | veenoina | ||
translative | veenaksi | veenoiksi | ||
abessive | veenatta | veenoitta | ||
instructive | — | veenoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |