English Explanatory Dictionary

veena

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈviːnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-veena.wav

Word forms

veena veenas vina

Etymology

From Hindi वीणा (vīṇā), and its source, Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).

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