धनु
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit धनु (dhanu). Compare Thai ธนู (tá-nuu).
Noun
धनु • (dhanu) m (Urdu spelling دھنو)
- bow (weapon)
Declension
Declension of धनु (masc u-stem)
Synonyms
- धनुष (dhanuṣ)
Marathi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
धनु • (dhanu) n
- (astrology, astronomy) the sign of Sagittarius
See also
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| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुंभ (kumbha) | मीन (mīn) | ||||||||
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Noun
धनु n
- Devanagari script form of dhanu (“bow (for arrows)”)
Declension
Declension table of "धनु" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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| Nominative (first) | धनु (dhanu) | धनूनि (dhanūni) or धनू (dhanū) |
| Accusative (second) | धनुं (dhanuṃ) | धनूनि (dhanūni) or धनू (dhanū) |
| Instrumental (third) | धनुना (dhanunā) | धनूहि (dhanūhi) or धनूभि (dhanūbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | धनुस्स (dhanussa) or धनुनो (dhanuno) | धनूनं (dhanūnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | धनुस्मा (dhanusmā) or धनुम्हा (dhanumhā) | धनूहि (dhanūhi) or धनूभि (dhanūbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | धनुस्स (dhanussa) or धनुनो (dhanuno) | धनूनं (dhanūnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | धनुस्मिं (dhanusmiṃ) or धनुम्हि (dhanumhi) | धनूसु (dhanūsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | धनु (dhanu) | धनूनि (dhanūni) or धनू (dhanū) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধনু (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
- ধনু (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဓနု (Burmese script)
- ધનુ (Gujarati script)
- ਧਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂢𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಧನು (Kannada script)
- ធនុ (Khmer script)
- ຘນຸ (Lao script)
- ധനു (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଧନୁ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ධනු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩯𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚝𑚰 (Takri script)
- த⁴நு (Tamil script)
- ధను (Telugu script)
- ธนุ (Thai script)
- དྷ་ནུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨝𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰanu- (“fir”), see also Proto-Germanic *dannǭ (“fir, pine”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuarə, “bow”), Hittite 𒄑𒋫𒈾𒀀𒌑 (GIŠta-na-a-ú /tanau/, “fir”), and perhaps Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
धनु • (dhanu) stem, m or n
- (weapon) bow
- (astrology, astronomy) the sign of Sagittarius
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of धनु (dhanu) | |||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | धनुः dhanuḥ |
धनू dhanū |
धनवः dhanavaḥ |
| Vocative | धनो dhano |
धनू dhanū |
धनवः dhanavaḥ |
| Accusative | धनुम् dhanum |
धनू dhanū |
धनून् dhanūn |
| Instrumental | धनुना / धन्वा¹ dhanunā / dhanvā¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभिः dhanubhiḥ |
| Dative | धनवे / धन्वे¹ dhanave / dhanve¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
| Ablative | धनोः / धन्वः¹ dhanoḥ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
| Genitive | धनोः / धन्वः¹ dhanoḥ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धन्वोः dhanvoḥ |
धनूनाम् dhanūnām |
| Locative | धनौ dhanau |
धन्वोः dhanvoḥ |
धनुषु dhanuṣu |
| Notes |
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| Neuter u-stem declension of धनु (dhanu) | |||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | धनु dhanu |
धनुनी dhanunī |
धनूनि / धनु¹ / धनू¹ dhanūni / dhanu¹ / dhanū¹ |
| Vocative | धनु / धनो dhanu / dhano |
धनुनी dhanunī |
धनूनि / धनु¹ / धनू¹ dhanūni / dhanu¹ / dhanū¹ |
| Accusative | धनु dhanu |
धनुनी dhanunī |
धनूनि / धनु¹ / धनू¹ dhanūni / dhanu¹ / dhanū¹ |
| Instrumental | धनुना / धन्वा¹ dhanunā / dhanvā¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभिः dhanubhiḥ |
| Dative | धनुने / धनवे¹ / धन्वे¹ dhanune / dhanave¹ / dhanve¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
| Ablative | धनुनः / धनोः¹ / धन्वः¹ dhanunaḥ / dhanoḥ¹ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
| Genitive | धनुनः / धनोः¹ / धन्वः¹ dhanunaḥ / dhanoḥ¹ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धनुनोः dhanunoḥ |
धनूनाम् dhanūnām |
| Locative | धनुनि / धनौ¹ dhanuni / dhanau¹ |
धनुनोः dhanunoḥ |
धनुषु dhanuṣu |
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Related terms
- धनू f (dhanū, “dry sandbank, sandy shore”)
See also
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| सिंह (siṃha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vṛścika) | ||||||||
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| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makara) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) | ||||||||
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 234, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 234
- Monier Williams (1899) “धनु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 509, column 1.