धन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ধন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဓန် (Burmese script)
- ધન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਧਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಧೝ (Kannada script)
- ធន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຘນ຺ (Lao script)
- ധന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଧନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ධන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- த⁴ந் (Tamil script)
- ధౝ (Telugu script)
- ธนฺ (Thai script)
- དྷ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɐn̪/
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- ध्वन् (dhvan)
Root
धन् • (dhan)
- to sound
Derived terms
- धनति (dhanati)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion, flow”).[2] Cognate with Persian دنیدن (danidan, “to walk pompously”), Latin fōns (“fountain”), Tocharian A tsän- (“to flow”).
Alternative forms
- धन्व् (dhanv)
Root
धन् • (dhan)
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “धन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 508/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 81
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 801
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 772-3