वाणी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाणी (vā́ṇī).

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

Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) f

  1. speech, voice
    Synonyms: आवाज़ (āvāz), वाक् (vāk)
  2. sound (of which the source is known)
  3. (Dhrupad) one of four specific forms or styles of dhrupad, distinct from a gharana
    Synonym: बानी (bānī) (more common)

Declension
Declension of वाणी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct वाणी
vāṇī		 वाणियाँ
vāṇiyā̃
oblique वाणी
vāṇī		 वाणियों
vāṇiyõ
vocative वाणी
vāṇī		 वाणियो
vāṇiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
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

Etymology 1

See वाण (vāṇá).

Noun

वाणी • (vā́ṇī) stem, f

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

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f

  1. the Hindu goddess of speech, Sarasvati
  2. name of a meter consisting only of long syllables
  3. name of a river (according to some, the Sarasvati)

Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f

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

Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f

  1. Alternative form of वाणि (vāṇi, “weaving”)

References
  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 541
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वाणी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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