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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধেনু (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬾᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
- ধেনু (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰸𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁂𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဓေနု (Burmese script)
- ધેનુ (Gujarati script)
- ਧੇਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍇𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦺꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂵𑂢𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಧೇನು (Kannada script)
- ធេនុ (Khmer script)
- ເຘນຸ (Lao script)
- ധേനു (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᡝᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘹𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠧᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧚𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐾𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଧେନୁ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢾꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆼𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖸𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ධෙනු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩔𑩯𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚲𑚝𑚰 (Takri script)
- தே⁴நு (Tamil script)
- ధేను (Telugu script)
- เธนุ (Thai script)
- དྷེ་ནུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒹𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨄𑨝𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰa(H)inúš (“milch cow”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu).
Pronunciation
Noun
धेनु • (dhenú) stem, f
- a milk cow or any cow
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 9.69.4:
- उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।
- ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam.
- The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming near: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place.
- any offering or present to Brahmans instead or in the shape of a cow
- (figuratively) the earth
Declension
Descendants
Adjective
धेनु • (dhenú) stem
- milch, yielding or giving milk
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