वंशी

Sanskrit

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Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás

Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa)

Sanskrit -ई (-ī)

Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī)

वंश (vaṃśa, “bamboo”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ̃.ɕiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ̃.ɕiː/

Noun

वंशी • (vaṃśī) stem, f

1. flute, pipe

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of वंशी (vaṃśī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वंशी vaṃśī	वंश्यौ / वंशी¹ vaṃśyau / vaṃśī¹	वंश्यः / वंशीः¹ vaṃśyaḥ / vaṃśīḥ¹
Vocative	वंशि vaṃśi	वंश्यौ / वंशी¹ vaṃśyau / vaṃśī¹	वंश्यः / वंशीः¹ vaṃśyaḥ / vaṃśīḥ¹
Accusative	वंशीम् vaṃśīm	वंश्यौ / वंशी¹ vaṃśyau / vaṃśī¹	वंशीः vaṃśīḥ
Instrumental	वंश्या vaṃśyā	वंशीभ्याम् vaṃśībhyām	वंशीभिः vaṃśībhiḥ
Dative	वंश्यै vaṃśyai	वंशीभ्याम् vaṃśībhyām	वंशीभ्यः vaṃśībhyaḥ
Ablative	वंश्याः / वंश्यै² vaṃśyāḥ / vaṃśyai²	वंशीभ्याम् vaṃśībhyām	वंशीभ्यः vaṃśībhyaḥ
Genitive	वंश्याः / वंश्यै² vaṃśyāḥ / vaṃśyai²	वंश्योः vaṃśyoḥ	वंशीनाम् vaṃśīnām
Locative	वंश्याम् vaṃśyām	वंश्योः vaṃśyoḥ	वंशीषु vaṃśīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀲𑀻 (vaṃsī)
  • Eastern:
    • Early Assamese: বাঁশী (ba̐śī)
      • Assamese: বাঁহী (bãhi)
    • Bengali: বাঁশি (bãśi)
    • Odia: ବଇଁଶୀ (baĩśi)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: bãsī
      • Hindi: बंसी
      • Urdu: بَن٘سِی
• Gujarati: વાંસળી (vā̃saḷī)
• Hindustani: bā̃surī
  • Hindi: बाँसुरी
  • Urdu: بانسری
• Kumaoni: बाँसुरी (bā̃sulī)
• Maithili: बाँसुली (bā̃sulī)
• Nepali: बाँसुलि (bā̃suli), बाँसुरि (bā̃suri)
• Punjabi: vañjhlī, bañjhulī, bañjhlī

  Gurmukhi script: ਵੰਝਲੀ, ਬੰਝੁਲੀ, ਬੰਝਲੀ

  Shahmukhi script: ونجھلی, بنجھلی, بنجھلی

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वंशी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vaṃśī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press