Etymology

akashvani

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Today it means: a gift or message from heaven, a divine message, an oracle Full definition →

Sanskrit आकाशवाणी ← Hindi आकाशवाणी
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The story

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromआकाशवाणी
  2. Sanskrit · borrowed fromआकाशवाणी“celestial announcement from the sky, or voice from the sky/heaven; oracle”
  3. English todayakashvani

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī, “celestial announcement from the sky, or voice from the sky/heaven; oracle”); probably through Hindi आकाशवाणी (ākāśvāṇī) or another Indic language with schwa deletion.

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