# वाणी
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाणी (vā́ṇī).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɑː.ɳiː/, [ʋäː.ɳiː]

### Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) f
* speech, voice
    Synonyms: आवाज़ (āvāz), वाक् (vāk)
* sound (of which the source is known)
* (Dhrupad) one of four specific forms or styles of dhrupad, distinct from a gharana
    Synonym: बानी (bānī) (more common)

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋa.ɳi/, [ʋa.ɳiː]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वाणी (vāṇī), through Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (vāṇī, “speech”)

#### Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) f
* voice
    Synonym: आवाज (āvāj)
    तिची वाणी अत्यंत मंजुळ आहेticī vāṇī atyanta mañjuḷ āheHer voice is very melodious
* speech; articulate utterance, or the faculty, or the divinity governing it
    Synonym: वाचा (vācā)
    त्यांची वाणी अनाकलनीय आहेtyāñcī vāṇī anākalnīy āheHis speech is incomprehensible

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (vāṇī, “grocer”), from Sanskrit वाणिज (vāṇija, “trader”).

#### Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) m
* (historical) a caste that primarily practiced the trading and retailing of grains and allied products
* (by extension) a local grocer, vendor or shopkeeper
    आमचा वाणी आम्हाला सर्व जिन्नस नाममात्र दरात पुरवतोāmcā vāṇī āmhālā sarva jinnas nāmmātra darāt puravtoOur grocer supplies us with all goods at nominal rates

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “वाणी”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱাণী (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬵᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
* বাণী (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ဝါဏီ (Burmese script)
* વાણી (Gujarati script)
* ਵਾਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦴꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ವಾಣೀ (Kannada script)
* វាណី (Khmer script)
* ວາຓີ (Lao script)
* വാണീ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଵାଣୀ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢵꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
* වාණී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
* வாணீ (Tamil script)
* వాణీ (Telugu script)
* วาณี (Thai script)
* ཝཱ་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɑ́ː.ɳiː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɑː.ɳiː/

### Etymology 1

See वाण (vāṇá).

#### Noun

वाणी • (vā́ṇī) stem, f
* sound, voice, music
** (in the plural) a choir of musicians or singers
* speech, language, words, diction, (especially) eloquent speech or fine diction
* a literary production or composition
* praise, laudation

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Proper noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f
* the Hindu goddess of speech, Sarasvati
* name of a meter consisting only of long syllables
* name of a river (according to some, the Sarasvati)

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not attested in etymological dictionaries. Perhaps connected to Etymology 1 somehow, via the "stringed harp" meaning of वाण (vāṇa)?”

#### Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f
* a reed
* (in the dual) the two bars of a car or carriage

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

वाणी • (vāṇī) stem, f
* Alternative form of वाणि (vāṇi, “weaving”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वाणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 939/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 541