धन्

See also: धन, धनु, धुनु, धेनु, धोना, धूना, and धनी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓန် (Burmese script)
• ધન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧೝ (Kannada script)
• ធន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘນ຺ (Lao script)
• ധന് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• த⁴ந் (Tamil script)
• ధౝ (Telugu script)
• ธนฺ (Thai script)
• དྷ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɐn̪/

Etymology 1

See ध्वन् (dhvan).

Alternative forms

• ध्वन् (dhvan)

Root

धन् • (dhan)

1. to sound

Derived terms

• धनति (dhanati)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion, flow”). Cognate with Persian دنیدن (danidan, “to walk pompously”), Latin fōns (“fountain”), Tocharian A tsän- (“to flow”).

Alternative forms

• धन्व् (dhanv)

Root

धन् • (dhan)

1. to cause to run or move quickly
2. to bear fruit
3. to move or run

Derived terms

• दधनत् (dadhanat)
• दधन्ति (dadhanti)
• दधन्युर् (dadhanyur)
• दधन्वस् (dadhanvas)
• धन (dhana)
• धनयति (dhanayati)
• धनयते (dhanayate)
• धनिक (dhanika)
• धनिष्ठ (dhaniṣṭha)
• धन्य (dhanya)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 508/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 81