Hindi

Noun

वीणा • ‎(vīṇā) f

1. a kind of Indian lute

Declension

Sanskrit

Etymology

Related to Middle Persian wn' ‎(win), Sogdian wynʾ ‎(wīnā), Old Armenian վին ‎(vin, “kind of plucked string instrument”) (an Iranian borrowing), and Khotanese bīna; descendants (via Pali) include Khmer ពិណ ‎(pĭn), Thai พิณ ‎(pin), and Lao ພິນ ‎(phin).

Noun

वीणा • ‎(vī́ṇā) f

1. the Indian lute (an instrument of the guitar kind, supposed to have been invented by नारद ‎(nārada) q.v., usually having seven wires or strings raised upon nineteen frets or supports fixed on a long rounded board, towards the ends of which are two large gourds; its compass is said to be two octaves, but it has many varieties according to the number of strings etc.) (TS., Śbr.)
2. (astrology) a particular configuration of the stars (VarBṛS.)
3. lightning (L.)
4. name of a योगिनी ‎(yoginī) (Cat.)
5. name of a river (MBh.)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1005