ধনু

Assamese

Etymology

From Early Assamese ধনু (dhonu), from Sanskrit धनुष (dhanuṣa). Compare Sylheti ꠗꠘꠥ (dónu), Bengali ধনুক (dhonuk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʱɔnu]

Noun

ধনু • (dhonu)

1. bow

Declension

Inflection of ধনু

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal
absolutive	ধনু dhonu		ধনুখন dhonukhon		ধনুকেইখন dhonukeikhon		ধনুবোৰ dhonubür		ধনুবিলাক dhonubilak
ergative	ধনুৱে dhonue		ধনুখনে dhonukhone		ধনুকেইখনে dhonukeikhone		ধনুবোৰে dhonubüre		ধনুবিলাকে dhonubilake
accusative	ধনুক dhonuk		ধনুখনক dhonukhonok		ধনুকেইখনক dhonukeikhonok		ধনুবোৰক dhonubürok		ধনুবিলাকক dhonubilakok
genitive	ধনুৰ dhonur		ধনুখনৰ dhonukhonor		ধনুকেইখনৰ dhonukeikhonor		ধনুবোৰৰ dhonubüror		ধনুবিলাকৰ dhonubilakor
dative	ধনুলৈ dhonuloi		ধনুখনলৈ dhonukhonoloi		ধনুকেইখনলৈ dhonukeikhonoloi		ধনুবোৰলৈ dhonubüroloi		ধনুবিলাকলৈ dhonubilakoloi
terminative	ধনুলৈকে dhonuloike		ধনুখনলৈকে dhonukhonoloike		ধনুকেইখনলৈকে dhonukeikhonoloike		ধনুবোৰলৈকে dhonubüroloike		ধনুবিলাকলৈকে dhonubilakoloike
instrumental	ধনুৰে dhonure		ধনুখনেৰে dhonukhonere		ধনুকেইখনেৰে dhonukeikhonere		ধনুবোৰেৰে dhonubürere		ধনুবিলাকেৰে dhonubilakere
locative	ধনুত dhonut		ধনুখনত dhonukhonot		ধনুকেইখনত dhonukeikhonot		ধনুবোৰত dhonubürot		ধনুবিলাকত dhonubilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Early Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit धनुष (dhanuṣa).

Noun

ধনু (dhonu)

1. bow

   শুনি ধনু ধৰি ৰাক্ষসক বাট চাই ।
   উজাগৰে ৰৈলা দুয়ো ভাই ॥

   śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
   ujagore roila duyö bhai .

   Hearing that, holding bows, waiting for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly.

   (literally, “(After) Hearing, holding bows, looking at the road for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly”)

Descendants

• Assamese: ধনু (dhonu)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• dhanu (Latin script)
• 𑀥𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• धनु (Devanagari script)
• ධනු (Sinhalese script)
• ဓနု or ꩪၼု (Burmese script)
• ธนุ or ธะนุ (Thai script)
• ᨵᨶᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘນຸ or ຘະນຸ (Lao script)
• ធនុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄙𑄚𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ধনু n

1. Bengali script form of dhanu (“bow (for arrows)”)

Declension

Declension table of "ধনু" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ধনু (dhanu)	ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)
Accusative (second)	ধনুং (dhanuṃ)	ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)
Instrumental (third)	ধনুনা (dhanunā)	ধনূহি (dhanūhi) or ধনূভি (dhanūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	ধনুস্স (dhanussa) or ধনুনো (dhanuno)	ধনূনং (dhanūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ধনুস্মা (dhanusmā) or ধনুম্হা (dhanumhā)	ধনূহি (dhanūhi) or ধনূভি (dhanūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ধনুস্স (dhanussa) or ধনুনো (dhanuno)	ধনূনং (dhanūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ধনুস্মিং (dhanusmiṃ) or ধনুম্হি (dhanumhi)	ধনূসু (dhanūsu)
Vocative (calling)	ধনু (dhanu)	ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)