धेनु

See also: धन, धनु, धन्, धुनु, धोना, धूना, and धनी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

    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

    Noun

    धे॒नु • (dhenú) stem, f (root धे)

    1. a milk cow or any cow
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.69.4:
        उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।
        ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam.
        The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming near: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place.
    2. any offering or present to Brahmans instead or in the shape of a cow
    3. (figuratively) the earth

    Declension

    Feminine u-stem declension of धे॒नु
    singular dual plural
    nominative धे॒नुः (dhenúḥ) धे॒नू (dhenū́) धे॒नवः॑ (dhenávaḥ)
    accusative धे॒नुम् (dhenúm) धे॒नू (dhenū́) धे॒नूः (dhenū́ḥ)
    instrumental धे॒न्वा (dhenvā́) धे॒नुभ्या॑म् (dhenúbhyām) धे॒नुभिः॑ (dhenúbhiḥ)
    dative धे॒नवे॑ (dhenáve)
    धे॒न्वै¹ (dhenvái¹)     		धे॒नुभ्या॑म् (dhenúbhyām) धे॒नुभ्यः॑ (dhenúbhyaḥ)
    ablative धे॒नोः (dhenóḥ)
    धे॒न्वाः¹ (dhenvā́ḥ¹)
    धे॒न्वै² (dhenvái²)     		धे॒नुभ्या॑म् (dhenúbhyām) धे॒नुभ्यः॑ (dhenúbhyaḥ)
    genitive धे॒नोः (dhenóḥ)
    धे॒न्वाः¹ (dhenvā́ḥ¹)
    धे॒न्वै² (dhenvái²)     		धे॒न्वोः (dhenvóḥ) धे॒नू॒नाम् (dhenūnā́m)
    locative धे॒नौ (dhenáu)
    धे॒न्वाम्¹ (dhenvā́m¹)     		धे॒न्वोः (dhenvóḥ) धे॒नुषु॑ (dhenúṣu)
    vocative धेनो॑ (dhéno) धेनू॑ (dhénū) धेन॑वः (dhénavaḥ)
    • ¹Later Sanskrit
    • ²Brāhmaṇas

    Descendants

    • Maharastri Prakrit: धेणु (dheṇu)
    • Pali: धेनु (dhenu)
    • → Hindi: धेनु (dhenu)
    • ⇒ Telugu: ధేనువు (dhēnuvu)

    Adjective

    धे॒नु • (dhenú) stem

    1. milch, yielding or giving milk

    References

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