वेणु

See also: वीणा, वाणी, वाण, and वाणि

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• veṇu (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀡𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ৰেণু (Bengali script)
• වෙණු (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေဏု or ဝေꧣု (Burmese script)
• เวณุ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᨱᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວຓຸ (Lao script)
• វេណុ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄕𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

वेणु m

1. Devanagari script form of veṇu (“bamboo”)

Declension

Declension table of "वेणु" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वेणु (veṇu)	वेणवो (veṇavo) or वेणू (veṇū)
Accusative (second)	वेणुं (veṇuṃ)	वेणवो (veṇavo) or वेणू (veṇū)
Instrumental (third)	वेणुना (veṇunā)	वेणूहि (veṇūhi) or वेणूभि (veṇūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	वेणुस्स (veṇussa) or वेणुनो (veṇuno)	वेणूनं (veṇūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वेणुस्मा (veṇusmā) or वेणुम्हा (veṇumhā)	वेणूहि (veṇūhi) or वेणूभि (veṇūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वेणुस्स (veṇussa) or वेणुनो (veṇuno)	वेणूनं (veṇūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वेणुस्मिं (veṇusmiṃ) or वेणुम्हि (veṇumhi)	वेणूसु (veṇūsu)
Vocative (calling)	वेणु (veṇu)	वेणवे (veṇave) or वेणवो (veṇavo)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱেণু (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬾᬡᬸ (Balinese script)
• বেণু (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰸𑰜𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀡𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဝေဏု (Burmese script)
• વેણુ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੇਣੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍇𑌣𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦺꦟꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂵𑂝𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ವೇಣು (Kannada script)
• វេណុ (Khmer script)
• ເວຓຸ (Lao script)
• വേണു (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡝᢏᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘹𑘜𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᢏᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧚𑦼𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐾𑐞𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଵେଣୁ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢾꢠꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆼𑆟𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖸𑖜𑖲 (Siddham script)
• වෙණු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩔𑩪𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚲𑚘𑚰 (Takri script)
• வேணு (Tamil script)
• వేణు (Telugu script)
• เวณุ (Thai script)
• ཝེ་ཎུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒹𑒝𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨄𑨘𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compare the cognates listed at Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “pipe-shaped instrument”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

वेणु • (veṇú) stem, m

1. a bamboo, reed, cane
2. a flute, fife, pipe
3. name of a deity of the bodhi tree
4. name of a king of the यादव (yādava)s
5. name of a son of शतजित् (śata-jit)
6. name of a mountain
7. name of a river
8. (in the plural) the descendants of Veṇu

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of वेणु
Nom. sg.	वेणुः (veṇuḥ)
Gen. sg.	वेणोः (veṇoḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वेणुः (veṇuḥ)	वेणू (veṇū)	वेणवः (veṇavaḥ)
Vocative	वेणो (veṇo)	वेणू (veṇū)	वेणवः (veṇavaḥ)
Accusative	वेणुम् (veṇum)	वेणू (veṇū)	वेणून् (veṇūn)
Instrumental	वेणुना (veṇunā)	वेणुभ्याम् (veṇubhyām)	वेणुभिः (veṇubhiḥ)
Dative	वेणवे (veṇave)	वेणुभ्याम् (veṇubhyām)	वेणुभ्यः (veṇubhyaḥ)
Ablative	वेणोः (veṇoḥ)	वेणुभ्याम् (veṇubhyām)	वेणुभ्यः (veṇubhyaḥ)
Genitive	वेणोः (veṇoḥ)	वेण्वोः (veṇvoḥ)	वेणूनाम् (veṇūnām)
Locative	वेणौ (veṇau)	वेण्वोः (veṇvoḥ)	वेणुषु (veṇuṣu)

Descendants

• Pali: veṇu (“bamboo (in compounds)”)
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑁂𑀡𑀼 (veṇu)
• Southern:
  • Dhivehi: އޮނު (onu, “bamboo, flute”)
  • Sinhalese: උණ (uṇa, “bamboo”)
• Eastern:
  • Odia: ବେଣୁଆ (beṇuā, “a slender species of bamboo”)
• Central:
  • Gujarati: વેણ (veṇ, “flute”)
  • Hindi: बेन (ben, “reed, bamboo, pipe”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वेणु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1014.