See धनुस् in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "dhanu"
},
"expansion": "Pali: dhanu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: dhanu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀥𑀡𑀼",
"3": "𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡𑀼 (dhaṇu), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳 (dhaṇuha)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (dhaṇukka)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡𑀼 (dhaṇu), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳 (dhaṇuha), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (dhaṇukka) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "धनुष",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: धनुष (dhanuṣ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: धनुष (dhanuṣ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಧನುಸ್ಸು",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಧನುಸ್ಸು (dhanussu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಧನುಸ್ಸು (dhanussu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "omr",
"2": "𑘠𑘡𑘳𑘬",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘠𑘡𑘳𑘬 (dhanuṣa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘠𑘡𑘳𑘬 (dhanuṣa)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "धनुष्य"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: धनुष्य (dhanuṣya)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: धनुष्य (dhanuṣya)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਧਨੁਸ਼",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨੁਸ਼ (dhanuś)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨੁਸ਼ (dhanuś)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "தனுசு",
"3": "தனு",
"4": "தனுஷு",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: தனுசு (taṉucu), தனு (taṉu), தனுஷு (taṉuṣu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: தனுசு (taṉucu), தனு (taṉu), தனுஷு (taṉuṣu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "ధనుస్సు",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: ధనుస్సు (dhanussu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: ధనుస్సు (dhanussu)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan-",
"5": "bow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan- (“bow”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰénwr̥",
"4": "",
"5": "bow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“bow”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥"
},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (θanuuan)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"2": "𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹",
"3": "",
"4": "archer",
"ts": "θanuvaniya"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian 𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y /θanuvaniya/, “archer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "θέναρ",
"t": "palm (of hand)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar, “palm (of hand)”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "tenar"
},
"expansion": "Old High German tenar",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan- (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“bow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (θanuuan), 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Old Persian 𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y /θanuvaniya/, “archer”), Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar, “palm (of hand)”) and Old High German tenar. Compare धन्वन् (dhanvan).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dhánus",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुः",
"roman": "dhánuḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषी",
"roman": "dhánuṣī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनूंषि",
"roman": "dhánūṃṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुः",
"roman": "dhánuḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषी",
"roman": "dhánuṣī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनूंषि",
"roman": "dhánūṃṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषा",
"roman": "dhánuṣā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánurbhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भिः",
"roman": "dhánurbhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषे",
"roman": "dhánuṣe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánurbhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्यः",
"roman": "dhánurbhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषः",
"roman": "dhánuṣaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánurbhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्यः",
"roman": "dhánurbhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषः",
"roman": "dhánuṣaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषोः",
"roman": "dhánuṣoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषाम्",
"roman": "dhánuṣām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषि",
"roman": "dhánuṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषोः",
"roman": "dhánuṣoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुःषु",
"roman": "dhánuḥṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुः",
"roman": "dhánuḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषी",
"roman": "dhánuṣī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनूंषि",
"roman": "dhánūṃṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"tr": "dhánus"
},
"expansion": "धनुस् • (dhánus) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dhánus"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "archer",
"roman": "dhanurdhara",
"word": "धनुर्धर"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I bend the bow for Rudra so that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.125.6",
"roman": "ahaṃ rudrāya dhanur ā tanomi brahmadviṣe śarave hantavā u.",
"text": "अहं रुद्राय धनुर् आ तनोमि ब्रह्मद्विषे शरवे हन्तवा उ ।"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bow"
],
"id": "en-धनुस्-sa-noun-Jnh6enob",
"links": [
[
"bow",
"bow"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dʱɐ́.nus/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d̪ʱɐ.n̪us̪/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "धनुस्"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "archer",
"roman": "dhanurdhara",
"word": "धनुर्धर"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "dhanu"
},
"expansion": "Pali: dhanu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: dhanu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀥𑀡𑀼",
"3": "𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡𑀼 (dhaṇu), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳 (dhaṇuha)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (dhaṇukka)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡𑀼 (dhaṇu), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳 (dhaṇuha), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (dhaṇukka) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "धनुष",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: धनुष (dhanuṣ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: धनुष (dhanuṣ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಧನುಸ್ಸು",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಧನುಸ್ಸು (dhanussu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಧನುಸ್ಸು (dhanussu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "omr",
"2": "𑘠𑘡𑘳𑘬",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘠𑘡𑘳𑘬 (dhanuṣa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘠𑘡𑘳𑘬 (dhanuṣa)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "धनुष्य"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: धनुष्य (dhanuṣya)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: धनुष्य (dhanuṣya)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਧਨੁਸ਼",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨੁਸ਼ (dhanuś)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨੁਸ਼ (dhanuś)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "தனுசு",
"3": "தனு",
"4": "தனுஷு",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: தனுசு (taṉucu), தனு (taṉu), தனுஷு (taṉuṣu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: தனுசு (taṉucu), தனு (taṉu), தனுஷு (taṉuṣu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "ధనుస్సు",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: ధనుస్సు (dhanussu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: ధనుస్సు (dhanussu)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan-",
"5": "bow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan- (“bow”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰénwr̥",
"4": "",
"5": "bow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“bow”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥"
},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (θanuuan)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"2": "𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹",
"3": "",
"4": "archer",
"ts": "θanuvaniya"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian 𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y /θanuvaniya/, “archer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "θέναρ",
"t": "palm (of hand)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar, “palm (of hand)”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "tenar"
},
"expansion": "Old High German tenar",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan- (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“bow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (θanuuan), 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Old Persian 𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y /θanuvaniya/, “archer”), Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar, “palm (of hand)”) and Old High German tenar. Compare धन्वन् (dhanvan).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dhánus",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुः",
"roman": "dhánuḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषी",
"roman": "dhánuṣī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनूंषि",
"roman": "dhánūṃṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुः",
"roman": "dhánuḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषी",
"roman": "dhánuṣī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनूंषि",
"roman": "dhánūṃṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषा",
"roman": "dhánuṣā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánurbhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भिः",
"roman": "dhánurbhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषे",
"roman": "dhánuṣe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánurbhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्यः",
"roman": "dhánurbhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषः",
"roman": "dhánuṣaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánurbhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुर्भ्यः",
"roman": "dhánurbhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषः",
"roman": "dhánuṣaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषोः",
"roman": "dhánuṣoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषाम्",
"roman": "dhánuṣām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषि",
"roman": "dhánuṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषोः",
"roman": "dhánuṣoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुःषु",
"roman": "dhánuḥṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुः",
"roman": "dhánuḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनुषी",
"roman": "dhánuṣī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनूंषि",
"roman": "dhánūṃṣi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"tr": "dhánus"
},
"expansion": "धनुस् • (dhánus) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dhánus"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit neuter nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Sanskrit terms with quotations",
"Sanskrit us-stem nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I bend the bow for Rudra so that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.125.6",
"roman": "ahaṃ rudrāya dhanur ā tanomi brahmadviṣe śarave hantavā u.",
"text": "अहं रुद्राय धनुर् आ तनोमि ब्रह्मद्विषे शरवे हन्तवा उ ।"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bow"
],
"links": [
[
"bow",
"bow"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dʱɐ́.nus/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d̪ʱɐ.n̪us̪/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "धनुस्"
}
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