दूरवाणी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দূৰৱাণী (Assamese script)
ᬤᬹᬭᬯᬵᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
দূরবাণী (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰳𑰨𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀽𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဒူရဝါဏီ (Burmese script)
દૂરવાણી (Gujarati script)
ਦੂਰਵਾਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑍂𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦹꦫꦮꦴꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂴𑂩𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ದೂರವಾಣೀ (Kannada script)
ទូរវាណី (Khmer script)
ທູຣວາຓີ (Lao script)
ദൂരവാണീ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡠᡠᡵᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘴𑘨𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢑᠤᠤᠷᠠᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧕𑧈𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐹𑐬𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
ଦୂରଵାଣୀ (Odia script)
ꢣꢹꢬꢮꢵꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆷𑆫𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖳𑖨𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
දූරවාණී (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩒𑩛𑩼𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚱𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
தூ³ரவாணீ (Tamil script)
దూరవాణీ (Telugu script)
ทูรวาณี (Thai script)
དཱུ་ར་ཝཱ་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒴𑒩𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨃𑨊𑨫𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From दूर (dūra) +‎ वाणी (vāṇī) (compare with Thai โทรศัพท์ (too-rá-sàp), Lao ໂທລະສັບ (thō la sap) and Khmer ទូរស័ព្ទ (tuurĕəʼsap) all from दूर (dūra) +‎ शब्द (śabda); Bengali দূরভাষা (durbhaśa) and Gujarati દૂરભાષ (dūrbhāṣ) from दूरभाष (dūrabhāṣa) from दूर (dūra) +‎ भाष (bhāṣa)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪uː.ɾɐ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/

Noun

दूरवाणी • (dūravāṇī) stem, f

(neologism) telephone, cellphone
Synonym: दूरभाष (dūrabhāṣa)

तस्य दूरवाणी सङ्ख्या का? ― tasya dūravāṇī saṅkhyā kā? ― What is his phone number?

सा यदा दूरवाण्या तस्य स्वरं श्रुतवती तदा एव तस्याः सर्वाणि कष्टानि विस्मृतवती
sā yadā dūravāṇyā tasya svaraṃ śrutavatī tadā eva tasyāḥ sarvāṇi kaṣṭāni vismṛtavatī
When she heard his voice by the phone she completely forgot all her problems.

अहो आपणात् बहिः एव छत्रं विस्मृतवती। इदानीम् एव दूरवाण्या आपनकः आहूतव्यः
aho āpaṇāt bahiḥ eva chatraṃ vismṛtavatī. idānīm eva dūravāṇyā āpanakaḥ āhūtavyaḥ
Oh I forgot the umbrella outside the shop itself. Now itself the shopkeeper needs to be called by the phone.
(neologism) phone call
मम कृते काऽपि दूरवाणी आगता वा? ― mama kṛte kāʼpi dūravāṇī āgatā vā? ― Any phone call for me? (Literally: Did any phone call came for me?)

भवतः कृते दूरवाणी आगता आसीत् ― bhavataḥ kṛte dūravāṇī āgatā āsīt ― There was a phone call for you.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of दूरवाणी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दूरवाणी (dūravāṇī)	दूरवाण्यौ (dūravāṇyau) दूरवाणी¹ (dūravāṇī¹)	दूरवाण्यः (dūravāṇyaḥ) दूरवाणीः¹ (dūravāṇīḥ¹)
vocative	दूरवाणि (dūravāṇi)	दूरवाण्यौ (dūravāṇyau) दूरवाणी¹ (dūravāṇī¹)	दूरवाण्यः (dūravāṇyaḥ) दूरवाणीः¹ (dūravāṇīḥ¹)
accusative	दूरवाणीम् (dūravāṇīm)	दूरवाण्यौ (dūravāṇyau) दूरवाणी¹ (dūravāṇī¹)	दूरवाणीः (dūravāṇīḥ)
instrumental	दूरवाण्या (dūravāṇyā)	दूरवाणीभ्याम् (dūravāṇībhyām)	दूरवाणीभिः (dūravāṇībhiḥ)
dative	दूरवाण्यै (dūravāṇyai)	दूरवाणीभ्याम् (dūravāṇībhyām)	दूरवाणीभ्यः (dūravāṇībhyaḥ)
ablative	दूरवाण्याः (dūravāṇyāḥ) दूरवाण्यै² (dūravāṇyai²)	दूरवाणीभ्याम् (dūravāṇībhyām)	दूरवाणीभ्यः (dūravāṇībhyaḥ)
genitive	दूरवाण्याः (dūravāṇyāḥ) दूरवाण्यै² (dūravāṇyai²)	दूरवाण्योः (dūravāṇyoḥ)	दूरवाणीनाम् (dūravāṇīnām)
locative	दूरवाण्याम् (dūravāṇyām)	दूरवाण्योः (dūravāṇyoḥ)	दूरवाणीषु (dūravāṇīṣu)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

अङ्कीयक्षेत्रीयदूरवाणी (aṅkīyakṣetrīyadūravāṇī)
अङ्कीयचरदूरवाणी (aṅkīyacaradūravāṇī)
अङ्कीयजङ्गमदूरवाणी (aṅkīyajaṅgamadūravāṇī)
जङ्गम दूरवाणी (jaṅgama dūravāṇī)
दूरवाणीं करोति (dūravāṇīṃ karoti)