धाना

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ধানা (Assamese script)
ᬥᬵᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
ধানা (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰯𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀸𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဓာနာ (Burmese script)
ધાના (Gujarati script)
ਧਾਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦴꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑂰𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಧಾನಾ (Kannada script)
ធានា (Khmer script)
ຘານາ (Lao script)
ധാനാ (Malayalam script)
ᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘰𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧑𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐵𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
ଧାନା (Odia script)
ꢤꢵꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆳𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖯𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
ධානා (Sinhalese script)
𑩮𑩛𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚭𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
த⁴ாநா (Tamil script)
ధానా (Telugu script)
ธานา (Thai script)
དྷཱ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒰𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑨊𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂ (“grain”). Cognate with Lithuanian dúona, Tocharian B tāno, Persian (dâne). Compare Kamkata-viri juvór dõ (“popped corn”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑː.nɑ́ː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɑː.n̪ɑː/

Noun

धाना • (dhānā́) stem, f

grain; corn
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.35.7:
  स्तीर्णं ते बर्हिः सुत इन्द्र सोमः कृता धाना अत्तवे ते हरिभ्याम् ।
  तदोकसे पुरुशाकाय वृष्णे मरुत्वते तुभ्यं राता हवींषि ॥
  stīrṇaṃ te barhiḥ suta indra somaḥ kṛtā dhānā attave te haribhyām.
  tadokase puruśākāya vṛṣṇe marutvate tubhyaṃ rātā havīṃṣi.
  The grass is strewn for thee, pressed is the Soma; the grain is ready for thy horses to feed on.
  To thee who lovest them, the very mighty, strong, girt by Maruts, are these gifts presented.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of धाना (dhānā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धाना dhānā́	धाने dhāné	धानाः dhānā́ḥ
Vocative	धाने dhā́ne	धाने dhā́ne	धानाः dhā́nāḥ
Accusative	धानाम् dhānā́m	धाने dhāné	धानाः dhānā́ḥ
Instrumental	धानया / धाना¹ dhānáyā / dhānā́¹	धानाभ्याम् dhānā́bhyām	धानाभिः dhānā́bhiḥ
Dative	धानायै dhānā́yai	धानाभ्याम् dhānā́bhyām	धानाभ्यः dhānā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	धानायाः / धानायै² dhānā́yāḥ / dhānā́yai²	धानाभ्याम् dhānā́bhyām	धानाभ्यः dhānā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	धानायाः / धानायै² dhānā́yāḥ / dhānā́yai²	धानयोः dhānáyoḥ	धानानाम् dhānā́nām
Locative	धानायाम् dhānā́yām	धानयोः dhānáyoḥ	धानासु dhānā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Punjabi: ਧਾਣ (dhāṇ)

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