वाण

Etymology
Of unclear origin.

Müller connects the word to 🇨🇬, reflected in 🇨🇬. However, the Persian term is likely derived from, whence , while is not easily derivable from that root.

Turner's attempt to link the word to is formally unconvincing. Mayrhofer also rejects connections to and leaves the origin of the latter open.

Alternatively, Kuiper takes the word as a borrowing.

Whether or not the "arrow" meaning is a semantic extension of the "noise" meaning or a phonetic variant of is uncertain.

Noun

 * 1) sounding, a sound
 * 2) an arrow
 * 3) music (especially of flutes, harps, etc.)
 * 4)  a harp with 100 strings

Noun

 * 1) the sound of a particular small hand drum