दानव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दानव (dānava)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.nəʋ/, [d̪äː.nɐʋ]

Noun

दानव • (dānav) m

1. (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

Adjective

दानव • (dānav)

1. relating to the Danavas

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दानव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• দানৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬵᬦᬯ (Balinese script)
• দানব (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯𑰡𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀸𑀦𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဒါနဝ (Burmese script)
• દાનવ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਾਨਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦴꦤꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂰𑂢𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ದಾನವ (Kannada script)
• ទានវ (Khmer script)
• ທານວ (Lao script)
• ദാനവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘰𑘡𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢗᠨᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧑𑧁𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐵𑐣𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଦାନଵ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢵꢥꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆳𑆤𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖯𑖡𑖪 (Siddham script)
• දානව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩛𑩯𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚭𑚝𑚦 (Takri script)
• த³ாநவ (Tamil script)
• దానవ (Telugu script)
• ทานว (Thai script)
• དཱ་ན་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒰𑒢𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨊𑨝𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of दानु (dā́nu)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː.nɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.n̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

दानव • (dā́nava) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दानव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दानवः (dā́navaḥ)	दानवौ (dā́navau) दानवा¹ (dā́navā¹)	दानवाः (dā́navāḥ) दानवासः¹ (dā́navāsaḥ¹)
vocative	दानव (dā́nava)	दानवौ (dā́navau) दानवा¹ (dā́navā¹)	दानवाः (dā́navāḥ) दानवासः¹ (dā́navāsaḥ¹)
accusative	दानवम् (dā́navam)	दानवौ (dā́navau) दानवा¹ (dā́navā¹)	दानवान् (dā́navān)
instrumental	दानवेन (dā́navena)	दानवाभ्याम् (dā́navābhyām)	दानवैः (dā́navaiḥ) दानवेभिः¹ (dā́navebhiḥ¹)
dative	दानवाय (dā́navāya)	दानवाभ्याम् (dā́navābhyām)	दानवेभ्यः (dā́navebhyaḥ)
ablative	दानवात् (dā́navāt)	दानवाभ्याम् (dā́navābhyām)	दानवेभ्यः (dā́navebhyaḥ)
genitive	दानवस्य (dā́navasya)	दानवयोः (dā́navayoḥ)	दानवानाम् (dā́navānām)
locative	दानवे (dā́nave)	दानवयोः (dā́navayoḥ)	दानवेषु (dā́naveṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: Danava

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दानव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 3.