vani

1. uncountableA custom in parts of Pakistan where girls, often minors, are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved family as compensation for a dispute, often over murder.

   Synonyms: swara

1. A city in the country of Georgia.

alternative Vaani

1. A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

   On a recent Thursday, Vani Hari, perhaps Public Enemy No. 1 of big food companies, sat at ABC Kitchen in the Flatiron district wearing a purple sweater with a giant pink heart and pink heart-shaped crystal earrings.

   2015 March 13, Courtney Rubin, “Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at a Time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2015