dhana

See also: thana

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *cana, from Proto-Pama-Maric *cana, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ana/

Pronoun

dhana

  1. they (3rd person plural nominative pronoun)

References

  • Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 399–400
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धन (dhana, “money”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Homophone: dāna
  • Hyphenation: da‧na

Noun

dhana

  1. wealth, rich,
  2. money

Derived terms

  • dhanada
  • dhanadabrata
  • dhanakīrti
  • dhanapa
  • dhanapati
  • dhanapāla
  • dhanawitaraṇa
  • dhanawān
  • dhanañjaya
  • dhanādhipa
  • dhanādhyakṣa
  • hīnadhana
  • mahādhana
  • nirdhana
  • pasupatidhana
  • sudhana
  • widyādhana

Further reading

  • "dhana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀥𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • धन (Devanagari script)
  • ধন (Bengali script)
  • ධන (Sinhalese script)
  • ဓန or ꩪၼ (Burmese script)
  • ธน or ธะนะ (Thai script)
  • ᨵᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຘນ or ຘະນະ (Lao script)
  • ធន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄙𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धन (dhána). Cognate with Gandhari 𐨢𐨣 (dhana), Prakrit 𑀥𑀡 (dhaṇa).

Noun

dhana n

  1. wealth, money, riches, treasure

Declension

Declension table of "dhana" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dhanaṃdhanāni
Accusative (second)dhanaṃdhanāni
Instrumental (third)dhanenadhanehi or dhanebhi
Dative (fourth)dhanassa or dhanāya or dhanatthaṃdhanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dhanasmā or dhanamhā or dhanādhanehi or dhanebhi
Genitive (sixth)dhanassadhanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)dhanasmiṃ or dhanamhi or dhanedhanesu
Vocative (calling)dhanadhanāni

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “dhana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 335
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dhana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 384

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

dhana class IX (plural dhana class X)

  1. a presumption or assumption
  2. a concept, belief, or thought
    dhana yenye kosa ― fallacy

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197 Nr. 1762
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