ढुण्ढन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ঢুণ্ঢন (Assamese script)
ᬠᬸᬡ᭄ᬠᬦ (Balinese script)
ঢুণ্ঢন (Bengali script)
𑰛𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰛𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀠𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀠𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဎုဏ္ဎန (Burmese script)
ઢુણ્ઢન (Gujarati script)
ਢੁਣ੍ਢਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌢𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌢𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦞꦸꦟ꧀ꦞꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂛𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂛𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಢುಣ್ಢನ (Kannada script)
ឍុណ្ឍន (Khmer script)
ຒຸຓ຺ຒນ (Lao script)
ഢുണ്ഢന (Malayalam script)
ᢟᡠᢏᢟᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘛𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘛𑘡 (Modi script)
ᢎᠾᠤᢏᢎᠾᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦻𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦻𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐝𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐝𑐣 (Newa script)
ଢୁଣ୍ଢନ (Odia script)
ꢟꢸꢠ꣄ꢟꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆞𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆞𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖛𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖛𑖡 (Siddham script)
ඪුණ‍්ඪන (Sinhalese script)
𑩩𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩩𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚗𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚗𑚝 (Takri script)
டு⁴ண்ட⁴ந (Tamil script)
ఢుణ్ఢన (Telugu script)
ฒุณฺฒน (Thai script)
ཌྷུ་ཎྜྷ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒜𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒜𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨗𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨗𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ढुण्ढ् (ḍhuṇḍh) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖʱuɳ.ɖʱɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖʱuɳ.ɖʱɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

ढुण्ढन • (ḍhuṇḍhana) stem, m

searching, investigating

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ढुण्ढन
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ढुण्ढनः (ḍhuṇḍhanaḥ)	ढुण्ढनौ (ḍhuṇḍhanau) ढुण्ढना¹ (ḍhuṇḍhanā¹)	ढुण्ढनाः (ḍhuṇḍhanāḥ) ढुण्ढनासः¹ (ḍhuṇḍhanāsaḥ¹)
vocative	ढुण्ढन (ḍhuṇḍhana)	ढुण्ढनौ (ḍhuṇḍhanau) ढुण्ढना¹ (ḍhuṇḍhanā¹)	ढुण्ढनाः (ḍhuṇḍhanāḥ) ढुण्ढनासः¹ (ḍhuṇḍhanāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ढुण्ढनम् (ḍhuṇḍhanam)	ढुण्ढनौ (ḍhuṇḍhanau) ढुण्ढना¹ (ḍhuṇḍhanā¹)	ढुण्ढनान् (ḍhuṇḍhanān)
instrumental	ढुण्ढनेन (ḍhuṇḍhanena)	ढुण्ढनाभ्याम् (ḍhuṇḍhanābhyām)	ढुण्ढनैः (ḍhuṇḍhanaiḥ) ढुण्ढनेभिः¹ (ḍhuṇḍhanebhiḥ¹)
dative	ढुण्ढनाय (ḍhuṇḍhanāya)	ढुण्ढनाभ्याम् (ḍhuṇḍhanābhyām)	ढुण्ढनेभ्यः (ḍhuṇḍhanebhyaḥ)
ablative	ढुण्ढनात् (ḍhuṇḍhanāt)	ढुण्ढनाभ्याम् (ḍhuṇḍhanābhyām)	ढुण्ढनेभ्यः (ḍhuṇḍhanebhyaḥ)
genitive	ढुण्ढनस्य (ḍhuṇḍhanasya)	ढुण्ढनयोः (ḍhuṇḍhanayoḥ)	ढुण्ढनानाम् (ḍhuṇḍhanānām)
locative	ढुण्ढने (ḍhuṇḍhane)	ढुण्ढनयोः (ḍhuṇḍhanayoḥ)	ढुण्ढनेषु (ḍhuṇḍhaneṣu)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Hindi: ढूँढ़ना (ḍhū̃ṛhnā), ढूँढना (ḍhūṇḍhnā), ढूंढना (ḍhūṇḍhnā)
→ Malayalam: ഢുണ്ഢനം (ḍhuṇḍhanaṁ)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “ढुण्ढन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431.