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): /ˈɖʱuɳ.ɖʱɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

ढुण्ढन • (ḍhuṇḍhana) stem, m

searching, investigating

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ढुण्ढन (ḍhuṇḍhana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ढुण्ढनः ḍhuṇḍhanaḥ	ढुण्ढनौ / ढुण्ढना¹ ḍhuṇḍhanau / ḍhuṇḍhanā¹	ढुण्ढनाः / ढुण्ढनासः¹ ḍhuṇḍhanāḥ / ḍhuṇḍhanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	ढुण्ढन ḍhuṇḍhana	ढुण्ढनौ / ढुण्ढना¹ ḍhuṇḍhanau / ḍhuṇḍhanā¹	ढुण्ढनाः / ढुण्ढनासः¹ ḍhuṇḍhanāḥ / ḍhuṇḍhanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ढुण्ढनम् ḍhuṇḍhanam	ढुण्ढनौ / ढुण्ढना¹ ḍhuṇḍhanau / ḍhuṇḍhanā¹	ढुण्ढनान् ḍhuṇḍhanān
Instrumental	ढुण्ढनेन ḍhuṇḍhanena	ढुण्ढनाभ्याम् ḍhuṇḍhanābhyām	ढुण्ढनैः / ढुण्ढनेभिः¹ ḍhuṇḍhanaiḥ / 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
Notes	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.