धाना
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধানা (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬵᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- ধানা (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰯𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀸𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဓာနာ (Burmese script)
- ધાના (Gujarati script)
- ਧਾਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦴꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂰𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಧಾನಾ (Kannada script)
- ធានា (Khmer script)
- ຘານາ (Lao script)
- ധാനാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘰𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧑𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐵𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଧାନା (Odia script)
- ꢤꢵꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆳𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖯𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ධානා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩛𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚭𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- த⁴ாநா (Tamil script)
- ధానా (Telugu script)
- ธานา (Thai script)
- དྷཱ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒰𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨊𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂ (“grain”). Cognate with Lithuanian dúona, Tocharian B tāno, Persian دانه (dâne).[1] Compare Kamkata-viri juvór dõ (“popped corn”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱɑː.nɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɑː.n̪ɑː/
Noun
धा॒ना • (dhānā́) stem, f
- grain; corn
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.35.7:
- स्तीर्णं ते बर्हिः सुत इन्द्र सोमः कृता धाना अत्तवे ते हरिभ्याम् ।
तदोकसे पुरुशाकाय वृष्णे मरुत्वते तुभ्यं राता हवींषि ॥- stīrṇaṃ te barhiḥ suta indra somaḥ kṛtā dhānā attave te haribhyām.
tadokase puruśākāya vṛṣṇe marutvate tubhyaṃ rātā havīṃṣi. - The grass is strewn for thee, pressed is the Soma; the grain is ready for thy horses to feed on.
To thee who lovest them, the very mighty, strong, girt by Maruts, are these gifts presented.
- stīrṇaṃ te barhiḥ suta indra somaḥ kṛtā dhānā attave te haribhyām.
- स्तीर्णं ते बर्हिः सुत इन्द्र सोमः कृता धाना अत्तवे ते हरिभ्याम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | धा॒ना (dhānā́) | धा॒ने (dhāné) | धा॒नाः (dhānā́ḥ) |
| accusative | धा॒नाम् (dhānā́m) | धा॒ने (dhāné) | धा॒नाः (dhānā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | धा॒नया॑ (dhānáyā) धा॒ना¹ (dhānā́¹) |
धा॒नाभ्या॑म् (dhānā́bhyām) | धा॒नाभिः॑ (dhānā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | धा॒नायै॑ (dhānā́yai) | धा॒नाभ्या॑म् (dhānā́bhyām) | धा॒नाभ्यः॑ (dhānā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | धा॒नायाः॑ (dhānā́yāḥ) धा॒नायै॑² (dhānā́yai²) |
धा॒नाभ्या॑म् (dhānā́bhyām) | धा॒नाभ्यः॑ (dhānā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | धा॒नायाः॑ (dhānā́yāḥ) धा॒नायै॑² (dhānā́yai²) |
धा॒नयोः॑ (dhānáyoḥ) | धा॒नाना॑म् (dhānā́nām) |
| locative | धा॒नाया॑म् (dhānā́yām) | धा॒नयोः॑ (dhānáyoḥ) | धा॒नासु॑ (dhānā́su) |
| vocative | धाने॑ (dhā́ne) | धाने॑ (dhā́ne) | धानाः॑ (dhā́nāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- धान्य (dhānyà)
Descendants
- Punjabi: ਧਾਣ (dhāṇ)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “dhānā́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 787
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “धाना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 514, column 2.