दानव
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दानव (dānava)
Pronunciation
[edit](Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.nəʋ/, [d̪äː.nɐʋ]
Noun
[edit]दानव • (dānav) m
- (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)
Adjective
[edit]दानव • (dānav)
- relating to the Danavas
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दानव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
- দানৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬵᬦᬯ (Balinese script)
- দানব (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰯𑰡𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀸𑀦𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ဒါနဝ (Burmese script)
- દાનવ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਾਨਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦴꦤꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂰𑂢𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ದಾನವ (Kannada script)
- ទានវ (Khmer script)
- ທານວ (Lao script)
- ദാനവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘰𑘡𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᢗᠨᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧑𑧁𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐵𑐣𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଦାନଵ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢵꢥꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆳𑆤𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖯𑖡𑖪 (Siddham script)
- දානව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩛𑩯𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚭𑚝𑚦 (Takri script)
- த³ாநவ (Tamil script)
- దానవ (Telugu script)
- ทานว (Thai script)
- དཱ་ན་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒰𑒢𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨊𑨝𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Vṛddhi derivative of दनु (danu)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]दानव • (dānava) stem, m
- (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of दानव (dānava) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | दानवः dānavaḥ |
दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹ |
दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dānavāḥ / dānavāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | दानव dānava |
दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹ |
दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dānavāḥ / dānavāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | दानवम् dānavam |
दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹ |
दानवान् dānavān |
Instrumental | दानवेन dānavena |
दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām |
दानवैः / दानवेभिः¹ dānavaiḥ / dānavebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | दानवाय dānavāya |
दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām |
दानवेभ्यः dānavebhyaḥ |
Ablative | दानवात् dānavāt |
दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām |
दानवेभ्यः dānavebhyaḥ |
Genitive | दानवस्य dānavasya |
दानवयोः dānavayoḥ |
दानवानाम् dānavānām |
Locative | दानवे dānave |
दानवयोः dānavayoḥ |
दानवेषु dānaveṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- → English: Danava
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “दानव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 3.
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