vina

[ vee-nah, -nuh ]

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.

vina

/ ˈviːnə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of vina¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of vina¹

C18: from Hindi bīnā, from Sanskrit vīnā

Example Sentences

“But fire is treated like an act of God,” Vina Drennan has noted.

From The Daily Beast

And old Aunt Vina and her two sons would not have lost their wages, nor the church its annual liberal check.

From Project Gutenberg

The islet we visited bore one of the most celebrated vina-devis, and so, of course, was proclaimed sacred.

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As the Vina speaketh music, by musicians tuned aright, Let thy sounding bow and arrows speak thy deeds of matchless might!

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Vina, the principal national instrument of the Hindus, also known as the Bengalese vina, strung with wire.

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In the mythology of the Hindus the god Nareda is the inventor of the vina, the principal national musical instrument of Hindustan.

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