Reconstruction:Sanskrit/ध्वजदण्ड

Sanskrit

Etymology

ध्वज (dhvaja) +‎ दण्ड (daṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱʋɐ.d͡ʑɐ.dɐɳ.ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱʋɐ.d͡ʑɐˈd̪ɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

*ध्वजदण्ड • (dhvajadaṇḍa) stem, ?

1. flagstaff, flag

Descendants

• Bengali: ঝান্ডা (jhanḍa)
• Gujarati: ઝંડો (jhaṇḍo)
• Hindustani: jhaṇḍā, jhaṇḍī
  • Hindi: झंडा, झंडी
  • Urdu: جھَنڈا, جھَنڈِی
• Marathi: झेंडा (jheṇḍā), धेंडोळी (dheṇḍoḷī), धेंडोली (dheṇḍolī), झेंडोळी (jheṇḍoḷī), झेंडोली (jheṇḍolī)
• Odia: ଧଣ୍ଡା (dhaṇḍā), ଧଣ୍ଡି (dhaṇḍi), ଝଣ୍ଡା (jhaṇḍā)
• Nepali: झण्डा (jhaṇḍā)
• Punjabi: jhaṇḍā, jhaṇḍī

  Gurmukhi script: ਝੰਡਾ, ਝੰਡੀ

  Shahmukhi script: جھَنڈا, جھَنڈِی

• Sindhi: jhaṇḍo

  Arabic script: جهَنڊو

  Devanagari script: झंडो

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhvajadaṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press