दानव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दानव (dānava)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.nəʋ/,

Noun

दानव • (dānav) m

1. (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

Adjective

दानव • (dānav)

1. relating to the Danavas

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दानव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of दनु (danu)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː.nɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.n̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

दानव • (dānava) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

Declension

Descendants

• → English: Danava

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दानव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 3.