बाँसुरी

बाँसुरी

Hindi

बाँसुरी

Etymology

From an earlier बंसी (bansī), ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “flute”). Cognate to Gujarati વાંસળી (vā̃saḷī), Bengali বাঁশি (bãśi), Assamese বাঁহী (bãhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃ː.sʊ.ɾiː/

Noun

बाँसुरी • (bā̃surī) f

1. (music) bansuri, flute

Declension

Declension of बाँसुरी
	Singular	Plural
Direct	बाँसुरी (bā̃surī)	बाँसुरियाँ (bā̃suriyā̃)
Oblique	बाँसुरी (bā̃surī)	बाँसुरियों (bā̃suriyõ)
Vocative	बाँसुरी (bā̃surī)	बाँसुरियो (bā̃suriyo)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बाँसुरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vaṁśī (11180)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press