बाँसुरी
Hindi
बाँसुरी
Etymology
Borrowed from Braj बाँसुरी (bā̃surī), ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “flute”). Largely displaced native बाँसली (bā̃slī). Cognate to Gujarati વાંસળી (vā̃saḷī), Bengali বাঁশি (bãśi), Assamese বাঁহী (bãhi).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɑ̃ː.sʊ.ɾiː/, [bä̃ː.sʊ.ɾiː]
Declension
Descendants
- → English: bansuri
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाँसुरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṁśī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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