धनुस्

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan- (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“bow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (θanuuan), 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Old Persian 𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y /⁠θanuvaniya⁠/, “archer”), Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar, “palm (of hand)”) and Old High German tenar. Compare धन्वन् (dhanvan).

धनुस् • (dhánus) stem, n

a bow
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.125.6:
  अहं रुद्राय धनुर् आ तनोमि ब्रह्मद्विषे शरवे हन्तवा उ ।
  ahaṃ rudrāya dhanur ā tanomi brahmadviṣe śarave hantavā u.
  I bend the bow for Rudra so that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion.

Neuter us-stem declension of धनुस् (dhánus)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धनुः dhánuḥ	धनुषी dhánuṣī	धनूंषि dhánūṃṣi
Vocative	धनुः dhánuḥ	धनुषी dhánuṣī	धनूंषि dhánūṃṣi
Accusative	धनुः dhánuḥ	धनुषी dhánuṣī	धनूंषि dhánūṃṣi
Instrumental	धनुषा dhánuṣā	धनुर्भ्याम् dhánurbhyām	धनुर्भिः dhánurbhiḥ
Dative	धनुषे dhánuṣe	धनुर्भ्याम् dhánurbhyām	धनुर्भ्यः dhánurbhyaḥ
Ablative	धनुषः dhánuṣaḥ	धनुर्भ्याम् dhánurbhyām	धनुर्भ्यः dhánurbhyaḥ
Genitive	धनुषः dhánuṣaḥ	धनुषोः dhánuṣoḥ	धनुषाम् dhánuṣām
Locative	धनुषि dhánuṣi	धनुषोः dhánuṣoḥ	धनुःषु dhánuḥṣu

Pali: dhanu
Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡𑀼 (dhaṇu), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳 (dhaṇuha), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (dhaṇukka) (see there for further descendants)
→ Hindi: धनुष (dhanuṣ)
→ Kannada: ಧನುಸ್ಸು (dhanussu)
→ Punjabi: ਧਨੁਸ਼ (dhanuś)
→ Tamil: தனுசு (taṉucu), தனு (taṉu), தனுஷு (taṉuṣu)
→ Telugu: ధనుస్సు (dhanussu)