ढुण्ढन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঢুণ্ঢন (Assamese script)
• ᬠᬸᬡ᭄ᬠᬦ (Balinese script)
• ঢুণ্ঢন (Bengali script)
• 𑰛𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰛𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀠𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀠𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဎုဏ္ဎန (Burmese script)
• ઢુણ્ઢન (Gujarati script)
• ਢੁਣ੍ਢਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌢𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌢𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦞꦸꦟ꧀ꦞꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂛𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂛𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಢುಣ್ಢನ (Kannada script)
• ឍុណ្ឍន (Khmer script)
• ຒຸຓ຺ຒນ (Lao script)
• ഢുണ്ഢന (Malayalam script)
• ᢟᡠᢏᢟᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘛𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘛𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠾᠤᢏᢎᠾᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦻𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦻𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐝𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐝𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଢୁଣ୍ଢନ (Odia script)
• ꢟꢸꢠ꣄ꢟꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆞𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆞𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖛𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖛𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ඪුණ‍්ඪන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩩𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩩𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚗𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚗𑚝 (Takri script)
• டு⁴ண்ட⁴ந (Tamil script)
• ఢుణ్ఢన (Telugu script)
• ฒุณฺฒน (Thai script)
• ཌྷུ་ཎྜྷ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒜𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒜𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨗𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨗𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ढुण्ढ् (ḍhuṇḍh) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖʱuɳ.ɖʱɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɖʱuɳ.ɖʱɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

ढुण्ढन • (ḍhuṇḍhana) stem, m

1. searching, investigating

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ढुण्ढन (ḍhuṇḍhana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ढुण्ढनः ḍhuṇḍhanaḥ	ढुण्ढनौ / ढुण्ढना¹ ḍhuṇḍhanau / ḍhuṇḍhanā¹	ढुण्ढनाः / ढुण्ढनासः¹ ḍhuṇḍhanāḥ / ḍhuṇḍhanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	ढुण्ढन ḍhuṇḍhana	ढुण्ढनौ / ढुण्ढना¹ ḍhuṇḍhanau / ḍhuṇḍhanā¹	ढुण्ढनाः / ढुण्ढनासः¹ ḍhuṇḍhanāḥ / ḍhuṇḍhanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ढुण्ढनम् ḍhuṇḍhanam	ढुण्ढनौ / ढुण्ढना¹ ḍhuṇḍhanau / ḍhuṇḍhanā¹	ढुण्ढनान् ḍhuṇḍhanān
Instrumental	ढुण्ढनेन ḍhuṇḍhanena	ढुण्ढनाभ्याम् ḍhuṇḍhanābhyām	ढुण्ढनैः / ढुण्ढनेभिः¹ ḍhuṇḍhanaiḥ / ḍhuṇḍhanebhiḥ¹
Dative	ढुण्ढनाय ḍhuṇḍhanāya	ढुण्ढनाभ्याम् ḍhuṇḍhanābhyām	ढुण्ढनेभ्यः ḍhuṇḍhanebhyaḥ
Ablative	ढुण्ढनात् ḍhuṇḍhanāt	ढुण्ढनाभ्याम् ḍhuṇḍhanābhyām	ढुण्ढनेभ्यः ḍhuṇḍhanebhyaḥ
Genitive	ढुण्ढनस्य ḍhuṇḍhanasya	ढुण्ढनयोः ḍhuṇḍhanayoḥ	ढुण्ढनानाम् ḍhuṇḍhanānām
Locative	ढुण्ढने ḍhuṇḍhane	ढुण्ढनयोः ḍhuṇḍhanayoḥ	ढुण्ढनेषु ḍhuṇḍhaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: ढूँढ़ना (ḍhū̃ṛhnā), ढूँढना (ḍhūṇḍhnā), ढूंढना (ḍhūṇḍhnā)
• → Malayalam: ഢുണ്ഢനം (ḍhuṇḍhanaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ढुण्ढन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431.