വീഞ്ഞ്

See also: വീഞ്ഞ

Malayalam

A bottle and a glass of wine

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese vinho, inturn from Latin vīnum. Doublet of വൈൻ (vaiṉ). Cognate with Italian vino, English wine, Spanish vino, French vin and Swahili mvinyo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiːɲɲə̆/

Noun

വീഞ്ഞ് • (vīññŭ)

1. wine; Fermented grape juice

   Synonym: വൈൻ (vaiṉ)

2. (rare) Alcoholic drink made by fermenting fruits and other substances.

Declension

Declension of വീഞ്ഞ്
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	വീഞ്ഞ് (vīññŭ)	വീഞ്ഞുകൾ (vīññukaḷ)
Vocative	വീഞ്ഞേ (vīññē)	വീഞ്ഞുകളേ (vīññukaḷē)
Accusative	വീഞ്ഞിനെ (vīññine)	വീഞ്ഞുകളെ (vīññukaḷe)
Dative	വീഞ്ഞിന് (vīññinŭ)	വീഞ്ഞുകൾക്ക് (vīññukaḷkkŭ)
Genitive	വീഞ്ഞിന്റെ (vīññinṟe)	വീഞ്ഞുകളുടെ (vīññukaḷuṭe)
Locative	വീഞ്ഞിൽ (vīññil)	വീഞ്ഞുകളിൽ (vīññukaḷil)
Sociative	വീഞ്ഞിനോട് (vīññinōṭŭ)	വീഞ്ഞുകളോട് (vīññukaḷōṭŭ)
Instrumental	വീഞ്ഞിനാൽ (vīññināl)	വീഞ്ഞുകളാൽ (vīññukaḷāl)

Derived terms

• പുതുവീഞ്ഞ് (putuvīññŭ)

 

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “വീജനം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “വീഞ്ഞ്”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/76817/
• Kailash Nath (2019) “വീഞ്ഞ്”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary