Where does “vīṇā” come from?

vīṇā (Pali) comes from Sanskrit वीणा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wī́nā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wī́nā — a lute.

vīṇā (Pali): Indian lute, mandolin

Definitions

  1. Indian lute, mandolin

Ancestry of “vīṇā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवीणाthe Indian lute; a particular configuration of...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwī́nā—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwī́nāa lute

Words derived from “vīṇā”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wī́nā →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wī́nā →Every word from Sanskrit वीणा →