दूरवाणी

From दूर (dūra) +‎ वाणी (vāṇī) (compare with Thai โทรศัพท์ (too-rá-sàp), Lao ໂທລະສັບ (thō la sap) and Khmer ទូរស័ព្ទ (tuurĕəʼsap) all from दूर (dūra) +‎ शब्द (śabda); Bengali দূরভাষা (durbhaśa) and Gujarati દૂરભાષ (dūrbhāṣ) from दूरभाष (dūrabhāṣa) from दूर (dūra) +‎ भाष (bhāṣa)).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪uː.ɾɐˈʋɑː.ɳiː/

दूरवाणी • (dūravāṇī) stem, f

1. (neologism) telephone, cellphone

   Synonym: दूरभाष (dūrabhāṣa)

   तस्य दूरवाणी सङ्ख्या का? ― tasya dūravāṇī saṅkhyā kā? ― What is his phone number?

   सा यदा दूरवाण्या तस्य स्वरं श्रुतवती तदा एव तस्याः सर्वाणि कष्टानि विस्मृतवती

   sā yadā dūravāṇyā tasya svaraṃ śrutavatī tadā eva tasyāḥ sarvāṇi kaṣṭāni vismṛtavatī

   When she heard his voice by the phone she completely forgot all her problems.

   अहो आपणात् बहिः एव छत्रं विस्मृतवती। इदानीम् एव दूरवाण्या आपनकः आहूतव्यः

   aho āpaṇāt bahiḥ eva chatraṃ vismṛtavatī. idānīm eva dūravāṇyā āpanakaḥ āhūtavyaḥ

   Oh I forgot the umbrella outside the shop itself. Now itself the shopkeeper needs to be called by the phone.

2. (neologism) phone call

   मम कृते काऽपि दूरवाणी आगता वा? ― mama kṛte kāʼpi dūravāṇī āgatā vā? ― Any phone call for me? (Literally: Did any phone call came for me?)

   भवतः कृते दूरवाणी आगता आसीत् ― bhavataḥ kṛte dūravāṇī āgatā āsīt ― There was a phone call for you.

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