Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wī́nā

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Noun

*wī́nā f

a lute

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *wī́nā
- Sanskrit: वीणा (vī́ṇā)
  - Pali: vīṇā
    - → Khmer: ពិណ (pɨn)
    - → Thai: พิณ (pin)
    - → Lao: ພິນ (phin)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀡𑀸 (vīṇā)
    - Gujarati: વીણા (vīṇā)
    - Hindi: वीणा (vīṇā), बीन (bīn)
  - → Kannada: ವೀಣೆ (vīṇe)
  - → Telugu: వీణ (vīṇa)
Iranian: *wīnā
- Old Persian: [Term?]
  - Middle Persian: wn' (win)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (wynʾ /wīnā/)
  - → Old Armenian: վին (vin)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (bīna)

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