veena

• vina

From Hindi वीणा (vīṇā), and its source, Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviːnə/

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veena (plural veenas)

1. (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, published 2013, page 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, page 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.

• Neave, naeve, næve

veena

1. essive singular of vesi

From English veena, from Hindi वीणा (vīṇā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːnɑ/, [ˈʋe̞ːnɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eːnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vee‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): vee‧na

veena

1. (music) (instrument)

• eevan