धनु
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit धनु (dhanu). Compare Thai ธนู (tá-nuu).
Noun
धनु • (dhanu) m (Urdu spelling دھنو)
- bow (weapon)
Synonyms
- धनुष (dhanuṣ)
Sanskrit
Etymology
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Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধনু (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
- ধনু (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဓနု (Burmese script)
- ધનુ (Gujarati script)
- ਧਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂢𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಧನು (Kannada script)
- ធនុ (Khmer script)
- ຘນຸ (Lao script)
- ധനു (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଧନୁ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ධනු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩯𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚝𑚰 (Takri script)
- த⁴நு (Tamil script)
- ధను (Telugu script)
- ธนุ (Thai script)
- དྷ་ནུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨝𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Noun
धनु • (dhanu) stem, m or n
- (weaponry) bow
- (astrology, astronomy) the sign of Sagittarius
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of धनु (dhanu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | धनुः dhanuḥ |
धनू dhanū |
धनवः dhanavaḥ |
Vocative | धनो dhano |
धनू dhanū |
धनवः dhanavaḥ |
Accusative | धनुम् dhanum |
धनू dhanū |
धनून् dhanūn |
Instrumental | धनुना / धन्वा¹ dhanunā / dhanvā¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभिः dhanubhiḥ |
Dative | धनवे / धन्वे¹ dhanave / dhanve¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
Ablative | धनोः / धन्वः¹ dhanoḥ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
Genitive | धनोः / धन्वः¹ dhanoḥ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धन्वोः dhanvoḥ |
धनूनाम् dhanūnām |
Locative | धनौ dhanau |
धन्वोः dhanvoḥ |
धनुषु dhanuṣu |
Notes |
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Neuter u-stem declension of धनु (dhanu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | धनु dhanu |
धनुनी dhanunī |
धनूनि / धनु¹ / धनू¹ dhanūni / dhanu¹ / dhanū¹ |
Vocative | धनु / धनो dhanu / dhano |
धनुनी dhanunī |
धनूनि / धनु¹ / धनू¹ dhanūni / dhanu¹ / dhanū¹ |
Accusative | धनु dhanu |
धनुनी dhanunī |
धनूनि / धनु¹ / धनू¹ dhanūni / dhanu¹ / dhanū¹ |
Instrumental | धनुना / धन्वा¹ dhanunā / dhanvā¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभिः dhanubhiḥ |
Dative | धनुने / धनवे¹ / धन्वे¹ dhanune / dhanave¹ / dhanve¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
Ablative | धनुनः / धनोः¹ / धन्वः¹ dhanunaḥ / dhanoḥ¹ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धनुभ्याम् dhanubhyām |
धनुभ्यः dhanubhyaḥ |
Genitive | धनुनः / धनोः¹ / धन्वः¹ dhanunaḥ / dhanoḥ¹ / dhanvaḥ¹ |
धनुनोः dhanunoḥ |
धनूनाम् dhanūnām |
Locative | धनुनि / धनौ¹ dhanuni / dhanau¹ |
धनुनोः dhanunoḥ |
धनुषु dhanuṣu |
Notes |
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Categories:
- Hindi terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi masculine nouns
- hi:Weapons
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit masculine nouns
- Sanskrit neuter nouns
- Sanskrit nouns with multiple genders
- sa:Weapons
- sa:Astrology
- sa:Constellations in the zodiac
- Sanskrit u-stem nouns