धूम
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Sanskrit [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognates include Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Latin fūmus and Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ).
Noun [edit]
धूम (dhūmá) m
- smoke, vapor, mist (RV. etc.)
- 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Prelude to act III:
- anena Pañcavaṭī|darśanena / antar|līnasya duḥkh’|âgner / ady’ ôddāmaṃ jvaliṣyataḥ
- utpīḍa iva dhūmasya / mohaḥ prāg āvṛnoti mām.
- The sight of Panchavati / rekindles now the fire of sorrow / that had long been dormant in my heart
- but first, like a dense pall of smoke, / a delirium envelops me.
- 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Prelude to act III:
- smoke as a sternutatory (in 5 forms): a place prepared for the building of a house (Jyot.)
- a place prepared for the building of a house
- wheat (L.)
- a kind of incense (L.)
- saint
Declension [edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of धूम
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | धूमः (dhūmaḥ) | धूमौ (dhūmau) | धूमाः (dhūmāḥ) |
| Vocative | धूम (dhūma) | धूमौ (dhūmau) | धूमाः (dhūmāḥ) |
| Accusative | धूमम् (dhūmam) | धूमौ (dhūmau) | धूमान् (dhūmān) |
| Instrumental | धूमेन (dhūmena) | धूमाभ्याम् (dhūmābhyām) | धूमैः (dhūmaiḥ) |
| Dative | धूमाय (dhūmāya) | धूमाभ्याम् (dhūmābhyām) | धूमेभ्यः (dhūmebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | धूमात् (dhūmāt) | धूमाभ्याम् (dhūmābhyām) | धूमेभ्यः (dhūmebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | धूमस्य (dhūmasya) | धूमयोः (dhūmayoḥ) | धूमानाम् (dhūmānām) |
| Locative | धूमे (dhūme) | धूमयोः (dhūmayoḥ) | धूमेषु (dhūmeṣu) |
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0518
