ধান

Assamese
ধান

Alternative forms
  • ধান গছ (dhan gos) (the plant)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese ধান (dhano), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀥𑀡𑁆𑀡 (*dhaṇṇa), from Sanskrit ধান্য (dhānya, “rice, grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʱan/

Noun

ধান • (dhan) (classifier -খিনি)

  1. paddy, rice (unhusked)
  2. rice plant

Declension
Declension of ধান
nominative ধান / ধানে
dhan / dhane
genitive ধানৰ
dhanor
nominative ধান / ধানে
dhan / dhane
accusative ধান / ধানক
dhan / dhanok
dative ধানলৈ
dhanoloi
terminative ধানলৈকে
dhanoloike
instrumental ধানে / ধানেৰে
dhane / dhanere
genitive ধানৰ
dhanor
locative ধানত
dhanot
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural.
Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc.
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese.
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Derived terms
  • ধান দোৱা (dhan düa)
  • ধান-পুৰীয়া (dhan-puria)
  • ধানকল (dhanokol)
  • ধানখেৰ (dhanokher)
  • ধাননি (dhanoni)
  • ধানপতা (dhanpota)
  • ধানমিল (dhanomil)

See also

Early Assamese
ধান

Alternative forms
  • ধান গাছ (dhano gacho) (the plant)

Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit *𑀥𑀡𑁆𑀡 (*dhaṇṇa), from Sanskrit ধান্য (dhānya, “rice, grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

Noun

ধান (dhano)

  1. paddy, rice (unhusked)
    • 14th century, Madhav Kandali, Saptakanda Ramayana Lanka Kanda
      সব লোক কদৰ্থিয়া কৰিলো দুখিত ।
      বীচি ধান বুইলো যেন উখৰা ভূমিত ॥
      sobo löko kodorthiya korilö dukhito ,
      bīci dhano builö jeno ukhora bhūmito .
      I insulted everyone and made them sad,
      as if I planted small rice on arid land.
  2. rice plant

See also
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