ध्वज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ध्वज (dhvajá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱʋəd͡ʒ/, [d̪ʱʋɐd͡ʒ]

Noun

ध्वज • (dhvaj) m (Urdu spelling دھوج)

1. flag, banner

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   नेपाल का ध्वज अनोखे आकार का है।

   nepāl kā dhvaj anokhe ākār kā hai.

   The flag of Nepal has a unique shape.

   Synonyms: झंडा (jhaṇḍā), पताका (patākā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ध्वज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ध्वज”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ध्वज (dhvajá).

Noun

ध्वज • (dhvaj) m

1. flag, banner

   Synonyms: झेंडा (jheṇḍā), पताका (patākā)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “ध्वज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ध्वज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ध्वज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধ্বজ (Assamese script)
• ᬥ᭄ᬯᬚ (Balinese script)
• ধ্বজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ဓွဇ (Burmese script)
• ધ્વજ (Gujarati script)
• ਧ੍ਵਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦣ꧀ꦮꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಧ್ವಜ (Kannada script)
• ធ្វជ (Khmer script)
• ຘ຺ວຊ (Lao script)
• ധ്വജ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠣᠸᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᢦᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଧ୍ଵଜ (Odia script)
• ꢤ꣄ꢮꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖕 (Siddham script)
• ධ‍්වජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚑 (Takri script)
• த்⁴வஜ (Tamil script)
• ధ్వజ (Telugu script)
• ธฺวช (Thai script)
• དྷྭ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ध्वज् (dhvaj), related to banners and movement

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱʋɐ.d͡ʑɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱʋɐ.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

ध्वज • (dhvajá) stem, m

1. a flag-staff
2. a mark, an emblem
3. a characteristic sign
4. a distiller or vendor of spirituous liquors
5. pride, arrogance, hypocrisy

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ध्वज (dhvajá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ध्वजः dhvajáḥ	ध्वजौ / ध्वजा¹ dhvajaú / dhvajā́¹	ध्वजाः / ध्वजासः¹ dhvajā́ḥ / dhvajā́saḥ¹
Vocative	ध्वज dhvája	ध्वजौ / ध्वजा¹ dhvájau / dhvájā¹	ध्वजाः / ध्वजासः¹ dhvájāḥ / dhvájāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ध्वजम् dhvajám	ध्वजौ / ध्वजा¹ dhvajaú / dhvajā́¹	ध्वजान् dhvajā́n
Instrumental	ध्वजेन dhvajéna	ध्वजाभ्याम् dhvajā́bhyām	ध्वजैः / ध्वजेभिः¹ dhvajaíḥ / dhvajébhiḥ¹
Dative	ध्वजाय dhvajā́ya	ध्वजाभ्याम् dhvajā́bhyām	ध्वजेभ्यः dhvajébhyaḥ
Ablative	ध्वजात् dhvajā́t	ध्वजाभ्याम् dhvajā́bhyām	ध्वजेभ्यः dhvajébhyaḥ
Genitive	ध्वजस्य dhvajásya	ध्वजयोः dhvajáyoḥ	ध्वजानाम् dhvajā́nām
Locative	ध्वजे dhvajé	ध्वजयोः dhvajáyoḥ	ध्वजेषु dhvajéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• ध्वजगृह (dhvajagṛha, “a room in which banners are kept or from which banners wave”)
• ध्वजग्रीव (dhvajagrīva, “necked like a banner (ie, high-necked)”)
• ध्वजद्रुम (dhvajadruma, “the palm tree used for making flag-staffs”)
• ध्वजपट (dhvajapaṭa, “banner-cloth”)
• ध्वजनवमी (dhvajanavamī, “festival”)
• ध्वजभङ्ग (dhvajabhaṅga, “the fracture or fall of a banner, impotence”)
• ध्वजवत् (dhvajavat, “decorated with banners”)
• ध्वजाग्र (dhvajāgra, “the top of a standard”)
• ध्वजिन् (dhvajin, “having of bearing a banner”)

Descendants

• Dhivehi: ދިދަ (dida)
• Pali: dhaja
• → Gujarati: ધ્વજ (dhvaj)
• → Hindi: ध्वज (dhvaj)
• → Indonesian: duaja
• → Kannada: ಧ್ವಜ (dhvaja)
• → Malayalam: ധ്വജം (dhvajaṁ)
• → Marathi: ध्वज (dhvaj)
• → Thai: ธวัช (tá-wát)
• ⇒ Telugu: ధ్వజము (dhvajamu)

 

References

• “ध्वज॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 257, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ध्वज”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 135
• Monier Williams (1899) “ध्वज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 522, column 1.