wn'
Middle Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *wīnā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wī́nā.
Related to Sogdian 𐼴𐼷𐼻𐼰 (wynʾ /wīnā/, “harp, lute”), Old Armenian վին (vin, “a kind of plucked string instrument”) (an Iranian borrowing), Khotanese [script needed] (bīna, “musical instrument; harp, lute”) and Sanskrit वीणा (vī́ṇā, “veena”).
Noun
[edit]wn' • (win)
References
[edit]- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “win”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 91
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 340–341
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) “bīna”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 284