ध्वंस

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa). Cognate with Bengali ধ্বংস (dhoṅśo)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱʋəns/, [d̪ʱʋɐ̃ns], /d̪ʱwəns/, [d̪ʱwɐ̃ns]

Noun

ध्वंस • (dhvans) ?

1. falling down, perishing, destruction, loss, ruin

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধ্বংস (Assamese script)
• ᬥ᭄ᬯᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
• ধ্বংস (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဓွံသ (Burmese script)
• ધ્વંસ (Gujarati script)
• ਧ੍ਵਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦣ꧀ꦮꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂁𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಧ್ವಂಸ (Kannada script)
• ធ្វំស (Khmer script)
• ຘ຺ວໍສ (Lao script)
• ധ്വംസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଧ୍ଵଂସ (Odia script)
• ꢤ꣄ꢮꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ධ‍්වංස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑪖𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚫𑚨 (Takri script)
• த்⁴வஂஸ (Tamil script)
• ధ్వంస (Telugu script)
• ธฺวํส (Thai script)
• དྷྭཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨸𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ध्वंस् (dhvaṃs).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱʋɐ̃.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱʋɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

ध्वंस • (dhvaṃsa) stem, m

1. falling down, perishing, destruction, loss, ruin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ध्वंस

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ध्वंसः (dhvaṃsaḥ)	ध्वंसौ (dhvaṃsau) ध्वंसा¹ (dhvaṃsā¹)	ध्वंसाः (dhvaṃsāḥ) ध्वंसासः¹ (dhvaṃsāsaḥ¹)
vocative	ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa)	ध्वंसौ (dhvaṃsau) ध्वंसा¹ (dhvaṃsā¹)	ध्वंसाः (dhvaṃsāḥ) ध्वंसासः¹ (dhvaṃsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ध्वंसम् (dhvaṃsam)	ध्वंसौ (dhvaṃsau) ध्वंसा¹ (dhvaṃsā¹)	ध्वंसान् (dhvaṃsān)
instrumental	ध्वंसेन (dhvaṃsena)	ध्वंसाभ्याम् (dhvaṃsābhyām)	ध्वंसैः (dhvaṃsaiḥ) ध्वंसेभिः¹ (dhvaṃsebhiḥ¹)
dative	ध्वंसाय (dhvaṃsāya)	ध्वंसाभ्याम् (dhvaṃsābhyām)	ध्वंसेभ्यः (dhvaṃsebhyaḥ)
ablative	ध्वंसात् (dhvaṃsāt)	ध्वंसाभ्याम् (dhvaṃsābhyām)	ध्वंसेभ्यः (dhvaṃsebhyaḥ)
genitive	ध्वंसस्य (dhvaṃsasya)	ध्वंसयोः (dhvaṃsayoḥ)	ध्वंसानाम् (dhvaṃsānām)
locative	ध्वंसे (dhvaṃse)	ध्वंसयोः (dhvaṃsayoḥ)	ध्वंसेषु (dhvaṃseṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ध्वंस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 522/1.