आकाशवाणी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī), equivalent to आकाश (ākāś, “sky, heavens”) +‎ वाणी (vāṇī, “sound; voice”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑːʃ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/, [äː.käːʃ.ʋäː.ɳiː]

Noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśvāṇī) f

1. radio; a radio station

   Synonym: रेडियो (reḍiyo)

2. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) akashvani: a divine message

Declension

Declension of आकाशवाणी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī	आकाशवाणियाँ ākāśvāṇiyā̃
oblique	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī	आकाशवाणियों ākāśvāṇiyõ
vocative	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī	आकाशवाणियो ākāśvāṇiyo

Proper noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśvāṇī) f

1. All India Radio

Declension

Declension of आकाशवाणी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī
oblique	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī
vocative	आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आकाश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 78

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আকাশৱাণী (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬓᬵᬰᬯᬵᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• আকাশবাণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀰𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• အာကာၐဝါဏီ (Burmese script)
• આકાશવાણી (Gujarati script)
• ਆਕਾਸ਼ਵਾਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦏꦴꦯꦮꦴꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಕಾಶವಾಣೀ (Kannada script)
• អាកាឝវាណី (Khmer script)
• ອາກາຨວາຓີ (Lao script)
• ആകാശവാണീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଆକାଶଵାଣୀ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢒꢵꢯꢮꢵꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ආකාශවාණී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩿𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஆகாஶவாணீ (Tamil script)
• ఆకాశవాణీ (Telugu script)
• อากาศวาณี (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ་ཝཱ་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒏𑒰𑒬𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

आकाश (ākāśa, “sky”) +‎ वाणी (vāṇī, “voice”); the sense of radio originated in 1935 from Kannada ಆಕಾಶವಾಣಿ (ākāśavāṇi), which was coined by the founders of a Mysore radio station that would have the same name. It then was "back-borrowed" into Sanskrit, where it spread to other Indic languages which borrowed vocabulary, including the original sense of this word, from Sanskrit after it was adopted by All India Radio.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐˈʋɑː.ɳiː/

Noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśavāṇī) stem, f

1. (New Sanskrit) radio

   आकाशवाणीं योजयतु ― ākāśavāṇīṃ yojayatu ― Turn on the radio.

2. (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism) akashvani

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आकाशवाणी ākāśavāṇī	आकाशवाण्यौ ākāśavāṇyau	आकाशवाण्यः ākāśavāṇyaḥ
Vocative	आकाशवाणि ākāśavāṇi	आकाशवाण्यौ ākāśavāṇyau	आकाशवाण्यः ākāśavāṇyaḥ
Accusative	आकाशवाणीम् ākāśavāṇīm	आकाशवाण्यौ ākāśavāṇyau	आकाशवाणीः ākāśavāṇīḥ
Instrumental	आकाशवाण्या ākāśavāṇyā	आकाशवाणीभ्याम् ākāśavāṇībhyām	आकाशवाणीभिः ākāśavāṇībhiḥ
Dative	आकाशवाण्यै ākāśavāṇyai	आकाशवाणीभ्याम् ākāśavāṇībhyām	आकाशवाणीभ्यः ākāśavāṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	आकाशवाण्याः ākāśavāṇyāḥ	आकाशवाणीभ्याम् ākāśavāṇībhyām	आकाशवाणीभ्यः ākāśavāṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	आकाशवाण्याः ākāśavāṇyāḥ	आकाशवाण्योः ākāśavāṇyoḥ	आकाशवाणीनाम् ākāśavāṇīnām
Locative	आकाशवाण्याम् ākāśavāṇyām	आकाशवाण्योः ākāśavāṇyoḥ	आकाशवाणीषु ākāśavāṇīṣu

Proper noun

आकाशवाणी • (ākāśavāṇī) stem, f

1. All India Radio

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वाणी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]