ध्वन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধ্বন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥ᭄ᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধ্বন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓွန် (Burmese script)
• ધ્વન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧ੍ਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧ್ವೝ (Kannada script)
• ធ្វន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘ຺ວນ຺ (Lao script)
• ധ്വന് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠣᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᢦᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧ୍ଵନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤ꣄ꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධ‍්වන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்⁴வந் (Tamil script)
• ధ్వౝ (Telugu script)
• ธฺวนฺ (Thai script)
• དྷྭ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱʋɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱʋɐn̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwan-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise, sound”). Cognate with English din.

Root

ध्वन् • (dhvan)

1. to sound, roar, make a noise
2. to mean, imply

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• ध्वनति (dhvanati, present)
• ध्वनिष्यति (dhvaniṣyati, future)
• ध्वनिता (dhvanitā, periphrastic future)
• दध्वान (dadhvāna, perfect)

Secondary forms

• ध्वन्यते (dhvanyate, present passive)
• ध्वनयति (dhvanayati, causative)
• ध्वानयति (dhvānayati, causative)
• अदिध्वनत् (adidhvanat, causative aorist)
• अदध्वनत् (adadhvanat, causative aorist)

Non-finite forms

• ध्वनित (dhvanita, past passive participle)

Derived nominal forms

• दन्ध्वन (dandhvana)
• धुनि॑ (dhúni)
• धु॒नेति॑ (dhunéti)
• ध्वनन (dhvanana)
• ध्व॒नि (dhvaní)
• ध्वान (dhvāna)

Prefixed root forms

• प्रध्वन् (pradhvan)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ध्वन् (sound) (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ध्वन् (sound) (2 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “ध्वन् 2.dhvan”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 522, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “ध्वन् 2. DHVAN”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 135
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 86
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “ध्वन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DHVAN”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 801
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “dhvan”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 174
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰu̯en-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 158

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwanH-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwenh₂- (“to smoke”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬄𐬥𐬨𐬀𐬥 (duuąnman, “cloud”).

Root

ध्वन् • (dhvan) (Vedic)

1. to smoke

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• अध्व॑नीत् (ádhvanīt, aorist)

Secondary forms

• ध्वा॒नय॑ति (dhvānáyati, causative)
• ध्व॒नय॑ति (dhvanáyati, causative)

Non-finite forms

• ध्वा॒न्त (dhvāntá, past passive participle)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ध्वन् (smoke) (0 c, 1 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ध्वन् (smoke) not found

Related terms

• धू॒म (dhūmá, “smoke”)

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DHVAN^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 801
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “dhvan”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 174
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰu̯enH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 159

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “ध्वन् 1.dhvan”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 522, column 2.