wn'

See also: wn, WN, and .wn

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wīnā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wī́nā.

Related to Sogdian 𐼴𐼷𐼻𐼰 (wynʾ /⁠wīnā⁠/, “harp, lute”), Old Armenian վին (vin, “a kind of plucked string instrument”) (an Iranian borrowing), Khotanese [script needed] (bīna, “musical instrument; harp, lute”) and Sanskrit वीणा (vī́ṇā, “veena”).

Noun

wn' • (win)

1. veena, lute

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “win”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 91
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 340–341
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) “bīna”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 284