Etymology

bansuri

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Today it means: A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India. Full definition →

Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī) ← Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī) ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*wanćás
  2. Sanskritवंश (vaṃśa)
  3. Sanskritवंशी (vaṃśī)
  4. Hindiबाँसुरी (bā̃surī)
  5. English todaybansuri

Borrowed from Hindi बाँसुरी (bā̃surī); see there for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.