vina

American  

[vee-nah, -nuh] / ˈvi nɑ, -nə /

noun

1. a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.

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vina British  

/ ˈviːnə /

noun

1. a stringed musical instrument, esp of India, related to the sitar

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Etymology

Origin of vina

First recorded in 1780–90, vina is from the Sanskrit word vīṇā

Example Sentences

We see a woman pining in a forest alongside a vina, a plucked string instrument with two hollow spheres for resonance; between her and the sky is a brilliant field of solid red.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2016

At 8:30, Indian Musician Nageswara Rao appeared, carrying his vina � a long, gourd-based stringed instrument, much like the sitar popularized by Ravi Shankar and Beatle George Harrison.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a quarter of an hour, the vina mewed and whinnied while no one moved.

From Time Magazine Archive

Si meliora dies, ut vina poemata reddit Scire velim: Pretium chartis quotus arrogat annus.

From Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling (1703) by Abercrombie, David

Non tam Nympha tenax, Baccho jam mista marito, 210 Abdidit in liquidos mascula vina sinus.20 Compare jam dempto, saltem sua murmura servat Turtur, et in viduos vivit amara modos.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard