"ध्वनि" meaning in Sanskrit

See ध्वनि in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dʱʋɐ.ní/ [Vedic], /d̪ʱʋɐ.n̪i/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰwaníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwaníš, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”). Cognate with Old English dyne (whence English din). Related to ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to sound, roar”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*dʰwaníṣ}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰwaníṣ, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*dʰwaníš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwaníš, {{der|sa|ine-pro|*dʰwen-||to make a noise}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”), {{cog|ang|dyne}} Old English dyne, {{cog|en|din}} English din Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=dhvaní}} ध्वनि • (dhvaní) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|dhvaní}} Forms: dhvaní [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ध्वनिः [nominative, singular], ध्वनी [dual, nominative], ध्वनयः [nominative, plural], ध्वनिम् [accusative, singular], ध्वनी [accusative, dual], ध्वनीन् [accusative, plural], ध्वनिना [instrumental, singular], ध्वन्या1 [instrumental, singular], ध्वनिभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], ध्वनिभिः [instrumental, plural], ध्वनये [dative, singular], ध्वनिभ्याम् [dative, dual], ध्वनिभ्यः [dative, plural], ध्वनेः [ablative, singular], ध्वन्यः1 [ablative, singular], ध्वनिभ्याम् [ablative, dual], ध्वनिभ्यः [ablative, plural], ध्वनेः [genitive, singular], ध्वन्यः1 [genitive, singular], ध्वन्योः [dual, genitive], ध्वनीनाम् [genitive, plural], ध्वनौ [locative, singular], ध्वना1 [locative, singular], ध्वन्योः [dual, locative], ध्वनिषु [locative, plural], ध्वने [singular, vocative], ध्वनी [dual, vocative], ध्वनयः [plural, vocative]
  1. sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder
    Sense id: en-ध्वनि-sa-noun-v1HwSEIf
  2. the sound of a drum
    Sense id: en-ध्वनि-sa-noun-yM~4C2sX
  3. empty sound without reality
    Sense id: en-ध्वनि-sa-noun-5Xd1Ww-x
  4. word
    Sense id: en-ध्वनि-sa-noun-mMHrTuk0
  5. allusion, hint, implied meaning, poetical style
    Sense id: en-ध्वनि-sa-noun-MtPA~mRo Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 15 6 10 6 62 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 19 9 19 9 45 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 15 7 24 7 46
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          "expansion": "Gujarati: ધ્વનિ (dhvani)",
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      "text": "Gujarati: ધ્વનિ (dhvani)"
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ध्वनिः",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
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      "form": "ध्वनीन्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ध्वनिना",
      "roman": "dhvanínā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ध्वन्या1",
      "roman": "dhvanyā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ध्वनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिभिः",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनये",
      "roman": "dhvanáye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ध्वनिभ्याम्",
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        "dual"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "ध्वनेः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ध्वन्यः1",
      "roman": "dhvanyáḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ध्वनिभ्याम्",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "ध्वन्योः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "ध्वनीनाम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनौ",
      "roman": "dhvanaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ध्वना1",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ध्वनिषु",
      "roman": "dhvaníṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वने",
      "roman": "dhváne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "ध्वनयः",
      "roman": "dhvánayaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "g": "m",
        "tr": "dhvaní"
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      "name": "sa-noun"
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        "1": "dhvaní"
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  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder"
      ],
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          "sound"
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        [
          "echo",
          "echo"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
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        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
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        [
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          "thunder"
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        "the sound of a drum"
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      "glosses": [
        "empty sound without reality"
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    },
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        "word"
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      "id": "en-ध्वनि-sa-noun-mMHrTuk0",
      "links": [
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          "word"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 9 19 9 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "15 7 24 7 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "allusion, hint, implied meaning, poetical style"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "allusion",
          "allusion"
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          "hint"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dʱʋɐ.ní/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ʱʋɐ.n̪i/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ध्वनि"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit i-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
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          "expansion": "Gujarati: ધ્વનિ (dhvani)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gujarati: ધ્વનિ (dhvani)"
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          "args": {
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            "2": "ध्वनि"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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            "2": "தொனி",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: தொனி (toṉi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "ధ్వని",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ధ్వని (dhvani)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: ధ్వని (dhvani)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಧ್ವನಿ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಧ್ವನಿ (dhvani)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಧ್ವನಿ (dhvani)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ধ্বনি"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: ধ্বনি (dhoni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: ধ্বনি (dhoni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "ധ്വനി",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: ധ്വനി (dhvani)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: ധ്വനി (dhvani)"
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        "2": "inc-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*dʰwaníš"
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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        "3": "*dʰwen-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to make a noise"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
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        "2": "dyne"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "din"
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      "expansion": "English din",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰwaníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwaníš, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”). Cognate with Old English dyne (whence English din). Related to ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to sound, roar”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dhvaní",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिः",
      "roman": "dhvaníḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनी",
      "roman": "dhvanī́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनयः",
      "roman": "dhvanáyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिम्",
      "roman": "dhvaním",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनी",
      "roman": "dhvanī́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनीन्",
      "roman": "dhvanī́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिना",
      "roman": "dhvanínā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वन्या1",
      "roman": "dhvanyā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिभिः",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनये",
      "roman": "dhvanáye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिभ्यः",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनेः",
      "roman": "dhvanéḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वन्यः1",
      "roman": "dhvanyáḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिभ्याम्",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिभ्यः",
      "roman": "dhvaníbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनेः",
      "roman": "dhvanéḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वन्यः1",
      "roman": "dhvanyáḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वन्योः",
      "roman": "dhvanyóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनीनाम्",
      "roman": "dhvanīnā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनौ",
      "roman": "dhvanaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वना1",
      "roman": "dhvanā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वन्योः",
      "roman": "dhvanyóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनिषु",
      "roman": "dhvaníṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वने",
      "roman": "dhváne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनी",
      "roman": "dhvánī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ध्वनयः",
      "roman": "dhvánayaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "dhvaní"
      },
      "expansion": "ध्वनि • (dhvaní) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dhvaní"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "echo",
          "echo"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ],
        [
          "thunder",
          "thunder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the sound of a drum"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "empty sound without reality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "allusion, hint, implied meaning, poetical style"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "allusion",
          "allusion"
        ],
        [
          "hint",
          "hint"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dʱʋɐ.ní/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ʱʋɐ.n̪i/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ध्वनि"
}

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