धनुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬥᬦᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ধনুষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ধনুষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰠𑰡𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀥𑀦𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌧𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ધનુષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਧਨੁਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦣꦤꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ធនុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಧನುಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • ຘນຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • ധനുഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘠𑘡𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠾᠠᠨᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢡᠠᠨᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
  • ဓနုၑ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧀𑧁𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐢𑐣𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଧନୁଷ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢤꢥꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆣𑆤𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖠𑖡𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ධනුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • ధనుష్ (Telugu script)
  • ธนุษฺ (Thai script)
  • དྷ་ནུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒡𑒢𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan- (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“bow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥‎ (θanuuan), 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆‎ (θanuuarə), 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).

Pronunciation

Noun

धनुष् • (dhanuṣ) n

  1. a bow
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.125.6:
      अहं रुद्राय धनुर् आ तनोमि ब्रह्मद्विषे शरवे हन्तवा उ ।
      ahaṃ rudrāya dhanur ā tanomi brahmadviṣe śarave hantavā u .
      I bend the bow for Rudra so that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion.

Declension
Neuter us-stem declension of धनुस् (dhánus)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative धनुः
dhánuḥ		 धनुषी
dhánuṣī		 धनूंषि
dhánūṃṣi
Vocative धनुः
dhánuḥ		 धनुषी
dhánuṣī		 धनूंषि
dhánūṃṣi
Accusative धनुः
dhánuḥ		 धनुषी
dhánuṣī		 धनूंषि
dhánūṃṣi
Instrumental धनुषा
dhánuṣā		 धनुर्भ्याम्
dhánurbhyām		 धनुर्भिः
dhánurbhiḥ
Dative धनुषे
dhánuṣe		 धनुर्भ्याम्
dhánurbhyām		 धनुर्भ्यः
dhánurbhyaḥ
Ablative धनुषः
dhánuṣaḥ		 धनुर्भ्याम्
dhánurbhyām		 धनुर्भ्यः
dhánurbhyaḥ
Genitive धनुषः
dhánuṣaḥ		 धनुषोः
dhánuṣoḥ		 धनुषाम्
dhánuṣām
Locative धनुषि
dhánuṣi		 धनुषोः
dhánuṣoḥ		 धनुःषु
dhánuḥṣu

Descendants
  • Pali: dhanu
  • Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡𑀼 (dhaṇu), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀳 (dhaṇuha), 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (dhaṇukka) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Hindi: धनुष (dhanuṣ)
  • → Kannada: ಧನುಸ್ಸು (dhanussu)
  • → Tamil: தனுசு (taṉucu), தனு (taṉu), தனுஷு (taṉuṣu)
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