दानव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दानव (dānava)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.nəʋ/, [d̪äː.nɐʋ]

Noun

दानव • (dānav) m

1. (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

दानव • (dānav)

1. relating to the Danavas

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दानव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

Vṛddhi derivative of दानु (dā́nu)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː.nɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.n̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

दानव • (dā́nava) stem, m

1. (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

Masculine a-stem declension of दानव (dā́nava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दानवः dā́navaḥ	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dā́navau / dā́navā¹	दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dā́navāḥ / dā́navāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दानव dā́nava	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dā́navau / dā́navā¹	दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dā́navāḥ / dā́navāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दानवम् dā́navam	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dā́navau / dā́navā¹	दानवान् dā́navān
Instrumental	दानवेन dā́navena	दानवाभ्याम् dā́navābhyām	दानवैः / दानवेभिः¹ dā́navaiḥ / dā́navebhiḥ¹
Dative	दानवाय dā́navāya	दानवाभ्याम् dā́navābhyām	दानवेभ्यः dā́navebhyaḥ
Ablative	दानवात् dā́navāt	दानवाभ्याम् dā́navābhyām	दानवेभ्यः dā́navebhyaḥ
Genitive	दानवस्य dā́navasya	दानवयोः dā́navayoḥ	दानवानाम् dā́navānām
Locative	दानवे dā́nave	दानवयोः dā́navayoḥ	दानवेषु dā́naveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: Danava

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दानव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 3.