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دھیان

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Urdu

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna). Doublet of دِین (dīn).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    دھْیان (dhyānm (Hindi spelling ध्यान)

    1. attention
    2. consideration, notice, heedfulness, care
    3. meditation, reflection

    Further reading

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    • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “دھیان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 665
    • Platts, John T. (1884), “دھیان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 553
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دھیان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 323
    • دھیان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
    • دھیان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.