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 Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Pali

Alternative scripts
Alternative forms
  • 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

From Arabic ظَنّ‎ (ẓann).

Pronunciation
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Noun

dhana (n class, plural dhana)

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