veena
nounUK /ˈviːnə/
Etymology Borrowed from Hindi and Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, 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.
- 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: