veena
English
Etymology
From Hindi वीणा (vīṇā), and its source, Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈviːnə/
Noun
veena (plural veenas)
- (music) 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.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 339:
- When he wanted to test any of the principles he was enunciating or elucidating, he went over to the veena which sits in a glass case now and played for hours and substantially extended the vocabulary and scope of the instrument.
- 2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 375:
- Shanmugavadivu continued to earn her income through her veena performances, and by introducing her daughters to the stage as soon as they were able.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 339:
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of veena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | veena | veenat | |
| genitive | veenan | veenojen | |
| partitive | veenaa | veenoja | |
| illative | veenaan | veenoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | veena | veenat | |
| accusative | nom. | veena | veenat |
| gen. | veenan | ||
| genitive | veenan | veenojen veenainrare | |
| partitive | veenaa | veenoja | |
| inessive | veenassa | veenoissa | |
| elative | veenasta | veenoista | |
| illative | veenaan | veenoihin | |
| adessive | veenalla | veenoilla | |
| ablative | veenalta | veenoilta | |
| allative | veenalle | veenoille | |
| essive | veenana | veenoina | |
| translative | veenaksi | veenoiksi | |
| instructive | — | veenoin | |
| abessive | veenatta | veenoitta | |
| comitative | — | veenoineen | |
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