veena
UK/ˈviːnə/
veena noun: 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.
Noun
veena (plural veenas)
- 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.
- 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.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 339
- Shanmugavadivu continued to earn her income through her veena performances, and by introducing her daughters to the stage as soon as they were able.2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 375
veena meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
veena in Tamil
- veena, an Indian lute
- வீணை vīṇai
veena in Marathi
- Veena, a kind of Indian lute
- वीणा vīṇā
veena in Urdu
- veena
- بین bīn
veena in Bengali
- veena
- বীণা bina
More languagesFewer languages
- veena in Telugu
- వీణ vīṇa
- veena in Malayalam
- വീണ vīṇa
- veena in Gujarati
- વીણા vīṇā
Forms of veena
| plural | veenas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | vina |
Origin of veena
Borrowed from Hindi and Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).
Questions about veena
- What does veena mean?
- Veena means 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.
- What is veena in Tamil?
- Veena in Tamil is வீணை (vīṇai). See Veena meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is veena?
- Veena is a noun.
- How do you pronounce veena?
- Veena is pronounced /ˈviːnə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of veena?
- The plural of veena is veenas.
Words near veena in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: veena (page history and authors); வீணை (Tamil) (page history and authors); वीणा (Marathi) (page history and authors); بین (Urdu) (page history and authors); বীণা (Bengali) (page history and authors); వీణ (Telugu) (page history and authors); വീണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); વીણા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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