ध्यान

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna). Doublet of दीन (dīn) (“creed, religion”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱjɑːn/,

Noun

ध्यान • (dhyān) m (Urdu spelling دھیان)

  1. attention, focus
    • 2014, Kausar Munir, Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai, (from the movie w:Main Tera Hero):
      तेरा ध्यान किधर है? यह तेरा हीरो इधर है!
      terā dhyān kidhar hai? yah terā hīro idhar hai!
      Where is your focus? Your hero is right here!
  2. meditation, reflection
  3. consideration, notice, heedfulness, care
    ध्यान रखना ― dhyān rakhnā ― to take care
    ध्यान से ― dhyān se ― carefully
  4. reflection, reverie

Declension

Declension of ध्यान (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct ध्यान
dhyān 		ध्यान
dhyān
oblique ध्यान
dhyān 		ध्यानों
dhyānõ
vocative ध्यान
dhyān 		ध्यानो
dhyāno

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ʱjan/
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Noun

ध्यान • (dhyān) m

  1. meditation
  2. attention

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit ध्यै (dhyai)
    Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna)

    From the root ध्यै (dhyai, “to contemplate, meditate, think of”); see there for more. Compare Persian دین (din, “religion”), Parthian 𐫅𐫏𐫗 (dyn, “religion”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (daēnā, “religion, vision”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ध्यान • (dhyāna) stem, n

    1. meditation, contemplation, thought, reflection, (especially) profound and abstract religious meditation; a dhyana
      ध्यानम् आस्था, ध्यानं गम्, ध्यानम् आपद् ― dhyānam āsthā, dhyānaṃ gam, dhyānam āpad ― to indulge in religious meditation
    2. mental representation of the personal attributes of a deity
    3. insensibility, dullness

    Declension

    Neuter a-stem declension of ध्यान
    singular dual plural
    nominative ध्यानम् (dhyānam) ध्याने (dhyāne) ध्यानानि (dhyānāni)
    ध्याना¹ (dhyānā¹)
    accusative ध्यानम् (dhyānam) ध्याने (dhyāne) ध्यानानि (dhyānāni)
    ध्याना¹ (dhyānā¹)
    instrumental ध्यानेन (dhyānena) ध्यानाभ्याम् (dhyānābhyām) ध्यानैः (dhyānaiḥ)
    ध्यानेभिः¹ (dhyānebhiḥ¹)
    dative ध्यानाय (dhyānāya) ध्यानाभ्याम् (dhyānābhyām) ध्यानेभ्यः (dhyānebhyaḥ)
    ablative ध्यानात् (dhyānāt) ध्यानाभ्याम् (dhyānābhyām) ध्यानेभ्यः (dhyānebhyaḥ)
    genitive ध्यानस्य (dhyānasya) ध्यानयोः (dhyānayoḥ) ध्यानानाम् (dhyānānām)
    locative ध्याने (dhyāne) ध्यानयोः (dhyānayoḥ) ध्यानेषु (dhyāneṣu)
    vocative ध्यान (dhyāna) ध्याने (dhyāne) ध्यानानि (dhyānāni)
    ध्याना¹ (dhyānā¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    Proper noun

    ध्यान • (Dhyāna) m

    1. name of a particular personification
    2. name of the 11th day of the light half in Brahma's month

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “ध्यान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521/1.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 777-778; 798
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 48-50
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