dhana

See also: thana

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *cana, from Proto-Pama-Maric *cana, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ana/

Pronoun

dhana

1. they (3rd person plural nominative pronoun)

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धन (dhana, “money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Homophone: dāna
• Hyphenation: da‧na

Noun

dhana

1. wealth, rich,
2. money

Derived terms

• dhanada
• dhanadabrata
• dhanakīrti
• dhanapa
• dhanapati
• dhanapāla
• dhanawitaraṇa
• dhanawān
• dhanañjaya
• dhanādhipa
• dhanādhyakṣa
• hīnadhana
• mahādhana
• nirdhana
• pasupatidhana
• sudhana
• widyādhana

 

Further reading

• "dhana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative forms

• 𑀥𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• धन (Devanagari script)
• ধন (Bengali script)
• ධන (Sinhalese script)
• ဓန or ꩪၼ (Burmese script)
• ธน or ธะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨵᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘນ or ຘະນະ (Lao script)
• ធន (Khmer script)
• 𑄙𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धन (dhána). Cognate with Gandhari 𐨢𐨣 (dhana), Prakrit 𑀥𑀡 (dhaṇa).

Noun

dhana n

1. wealth, money, riches, treasure

Declension

Declension table of "dhana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dhanaṃ	dhanāni
Accusative (second)	dhanaṃ	dhanāni
Instrumental (third)	dhanena	dhanehi or dhanebhi
Dative (fourth)	dhanassa or dhanāya or dhanatthaṃ	dhanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dhanasmā or dhanamhā or dhanā	dhanehi or dhanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dhanassa	dhanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dhanasmiṃ or dhanamhi or dhane	dhanesu
Vocative (calling)	dhana	dhanāni

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dhana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 335
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 384

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

dhana (n class, plural dhana)

1. a presumption or assumption
2. a concept, belief, or thought

   dhana yenye kosa ― fallacy