धन
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱən/, [d̪ʱɐ̃n]
Noun
धन • (dhan) m (Urdu spelling دھن)
- money
- Synonym: पैसा (paisā)
- wealth, riches
- Synonym: दौलत (daulat)
- उसने सारा धन पुत्रों में बाँट दिया।
- usne sārā dhan putrõ mẽ bā̃ṭ diyā.
- He divided all his wealth among his sons.
- natural resources
- (mathematics) plus sign
- (chemistry, in compounds) positive charge
- Synonym: धनावेश (dhanāveś) (independently)
Declension
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “धन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধন (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬦ (Balinese script)
- ধন (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဓန (Burmese script)
- ધન (Gujarati script)
- ਧਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಧನ (Kannada script)
- ធន (Khmer script)
- ຘນ (Lao script)
- ധന (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଧନ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ධන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚝 (Takri script)
- த⁴ந (Tamil script)
- ధన (Telugu script)
- ธน (Thai script)
- དྷ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
The term has been derived from the root धन् (dhan, “to run, move quickly”). In a literal sense, it refers to a running race, but came to mean any contest or strife as a result of semantic generalization. By further extension, it connotes anything that is contested or striven for, viz. prize, booty, wealth, treasure.[1] The root धन् (dhan) is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰanH-,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to run, flow”).[3]
Noun
धन • (dhána) stem, n
- the prize of a contest; booty
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.84.7:
- संसृष्टं धनम्उभयं समाकृतमस्मभ्यं दत्तां वरुणश्च मन्युः।
भियं दधाना हृदयेषु शत्रवः पराजितासो अप नि लयन्ताम्॥- saṃsṛṣṭaṃ dhanamubhayaṃ samākṛtamasmabhyaṃ dattāṃ varuṇaśca manyuḥ.
bhiyaṃ dadhānā hṛdayeṣu śatravaḥ parājitāso apa ni layantām. - For spoil let Varuṇa and Manyu give us the wealth of both sides gathered and collected;
And let our enemies with stricken spirits, o’erwhelmed with terror, slink away defeated.
- saṃsṛṣṭaṃ dhanamubhayaṃ samākṛtamasmabhyaṃ dattāṃ varuṇaśca manyuḥ.
- संसृष्टं धनम्उभयं समाकृतमस्मभ्यं दत्तां वरुणश्च मन्युः।
- contest, strife
- (arithmetic) the affirmative quantity or plus
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of धन (dhána) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | धनम् dhánam |
धने dháne |
धनानि / धना¹ dhánāni / dhánā¹ |
| Vocative | धन dhána |
धने dháne |
धनानि / धना¹ dhánāni / dhánā¹ |
| Accusative | धनम् dhánam |
धने dháne |
धनानि / धना¹ dhánāni / dhánā¹ |
| Instrumental | धनेन dhánena |
धनाभ्याम् dhánābhyām |
धनैः / धनेभिः¹ dhánaiḥ / dhánebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | धनाय dhánāya |
धनाभ्याम् dhánābhyām |
धनेभ्यः dhánebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | धनात् dhánāt |
धनाभ्याम् dhánābhyām |
धनेभ्यः dhánebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | धनस्य dhánasya |
धनयोः dhánayoḥ |
धनानाम् dhánānām |
| Locative | धने dháne |
धनयोः dhánayoḥ |
धनेषु dháneṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “धन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 508, column 2.
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dhani”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DHAN¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 772
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