धेनु
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[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ধেনু (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬾᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
- ধেনু (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰸𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁂𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဓေနု (Burmese script)
- ધેનુ (Gujarati script)
- ਧੇਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍇𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦺꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂵𑂢𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಧೇನು (Kannada script)
- ធេនុ (Khmer script)
- ເຘນຸ (Lao script)
- ധേനു (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᡝᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘹𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠧᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧚𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐾𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଧେନୁ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢾꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆼𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖸𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ධෙනු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩔𑩯𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚲𑚝𑚰 (Takri script)
- தே⁴நு (Tamil script)
- ధేను (Telugu script)
- เธนุ (Thai script)
- དྷེ་ནུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒹𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨄𑨝𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰa(H)inúš (“milch cow”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]धेनु • (dhenú) stem, f
- a milk cow or any cow
- any offering or present to Brahmans instead or in the shape of a cow
- (figuratively) the earth
Declension
[edit]Feminine u-stem declension of धेनु (dhenú) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | धेनुः dhenúḥ |
धेनू dhenū́ |
धेनवः dhenávaḥ |
Vocative | धेनो dhéno |
धेनू dhénū |
धेनवः dhénavaḥ |
Accusative | धेनुम् dhenúm |
धेनू dhenū́ |
धेनूः dhenū́ḥ |
Instrumental | धेन्वा dhenvā́ |
धेनुभ्याम् dhenúbhyām |
धेनुभिः dhenúbhiḥ |
Dative | धेनवे / धेन्वै¹ dhenáve / dhenvaí¹ |
धेनुभ्याम् dhenúbhyām |
धेनुभ्यः dhenúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | धेनोः / धेन्वाः¹ / धेन्वै² dhenóḥ / dhenvā́ḥ¹ / dhenvaí² |
धेनुभ्याम् dhenúbhyām |
धेनुभ्यः dhenúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | धेनोः / धेन्वाः¹ / धेन्वै² dhenóḥ / dhenvā́ḥ¹ / dhenvaí² |
धेन्वोः dhenvóḥ |
धेनूनाम् dhenūnā́m |
Locative | धेनौ / धेन्वाम्¹ dhenaú / dhenvā́m¹ |
धेन्वोः dhenvóḥ |
धेनुषु dhenúṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]Adjective
[edit]धेनु • (dhenú) stem
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “धेनु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 520, column 1.
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