धन्वन्

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.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ́n.ʋɐn/, [dʱɐ́ʋ̃.ʋɐn]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐn̪.ʋɐn̪/

धन्वन् • (dhánvan) n

1. a bow

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.69.1:

     इषुर्न धन्वन्प्रति धीयते मतिर्वत्सो न मातुरुप सर्ज्यूधनि ।

     iṣurna dhanvanprati dhīyate matirvatso na māturupa sarjyūdhani .

     Laid like an arrow on the bow, the hymn hath been let loose forth like a young calf to the udder of its mother.

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀫𑁆𑀫 (dhamma, “bow”)

• Monier Williams (1899), “धन्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 509/3.