धमनि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root धम् (dham, to blow).

Pronunciation

Noun

धमनि • (dhamani) stemf

  1. (also धमनी (dhamanī)) a pipe or tube, esp. a canal of the human body, any tubular vessel, as a vein, nerve, etc.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of धमनि
singular dual plural
nominative धमनिः (dhamaniḥ) धमनी (dhamanī) धमनयः (dhamanayaḥ)
accusative धमनिम् (dhamanim) धमनी (dhamanī) धमनीः (dhamanīḥ)
instrumental धमन्या (dhamanyā)
धमनी¹ (dhamanī¹)
धमनिभ्याम् (dhamanibhyām) धमनिभिः (dhamanibhiḥ)
dative धमनये (dhamanaye)
धमन्यै² (dhamanyai²)
धमनी¹ (dhamanī¹)
धमनिभ्याम् (dhamanibhyām) धमनिभ्यः (dhamanibhyaḥ)
ablative धमनेः (dhamaneḥ)
धमन्याः² (dhamanyāḥ²)
धमन्यै³ (dhamanyai³)
धमनिभ्याम् (dhamanibhyām) धमनिभ्यः (dhamanibhyaḥ)
genitive धमनेः (dhamaneḥ)
धमन्याः² (dhamanyāḥ²)
धमन्यै³ (dhamanyai³)
धमन्योः (dhamanyoḥ) धमनीनाम् (dhamanīnām)
locative धमनौ (dhamanau)
धमन्याम्² (dhamanyām²)
धमना¹ (dhamanā¹)
धमन्योः (dhamanyoḥ) धमनिषु (dhamaniṣu)
vocative धमने (dhamane) धमनी (dhamanī) धमनयः (dhamanayaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “धमनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 510/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 775