धारणा
See also: धारण
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit धारणा (dhāraṇā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɑːɾ.ɳɑː/, [d̪ʱäːɾ.ɳäː]
Noun
धारणा • (dhārṇā) f
- belief, notion
- हमारे मन में धारणा यह थी कि …
- hamāre man mẽ dhārṇā yah thī ki …
- We held the notion that …
- determination, steel
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | धारणा dhārṇā |
धारणाएँ dhārṇāẽ |
| oblique | धारणा dhārṇā |
धारणाओं dhārṇāõ |
| vocative | धारणा dhārṇā |
धारणाओ dhārṇāo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धारणा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- dhāraṇā (Latin script)
- 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ধারণা (Bengali script)
- ධාරණා (Sinhalese script)
- ဓာရဏာ or ꩪႃရꧣႃ (Burmese script)
- ธารณา or ธาระณา (Thai script)
- ᨵᩤᩁᨱᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຘາຣຓາ or ຘາຣະຓາ (Lao script)
- ធារណា (Khmer script)
- 𑄙𑄂𑄢𑄕𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
धारणा
- Devanagari script form of dhāraṇā, which is ablative singular of धारण (dhāraṇa, “wearing, sustaining”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধাৰণা (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬵᬭᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
- ধারণা (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰯𑰨𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဓာရဏာ (Burmese script)
- ધારણા (Gujarati script)
- ਧਾਰਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦴꦫꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂰𑂩𑂝𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಧಾರಣಾ (Kannada script)
- ធារណា (Khmer script)
- ຘາຣຓາ (Lao script)
- ധാരണാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘰𑘨𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧑𑧈𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐵𑐬𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଧାରଣା (Odia script)
- ꢤꢵꢬꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆳𑆫𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖯𑖨𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ධාරණා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩛𑩼𑩪𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚭𑚤𑚘𑚭 (Takri script)
- த⁴ாரணா (Tamil script)
- ధారణా (Telugu script)
- ธารณา (Thai script)
- དྷཱ་ར་ཎཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒰𑒩𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨊𑨫𑨘𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root धृ (dhṛ, “to bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɑː/
Noun
धारणा • (dhāraṇā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | धारणा (dhāraṇā) | धारणे (dhāraṇe) | धारणाः (dhāraṇāḥ) |
| accusative | धारणाम् (dhāraṇām) | धारणे (dhāraṇe) | धारणाः (dhāraṇāḥ) |
| instrumental | धारणया (dhāraṇayā) धारणा¹ (dhāraṇā¹) |
धारणाभ्याम् (dhāraṇābhyām) | धारणाभिः (dhāraṇābhiḥ) |
| dative | धारणायै (dhāraṇāyai) | धारणाभ्याम् (dhāraṇābhyām) | धारणाभ्यः (dhāraṇābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | धारणायाः (dhāraṇāyāḥ) धारणायै² (dhāraṇāyai²) |
धारणाभ्याम् (dhāraṇābhyām) | धारणाभ्यः (dhāraṇābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | धारणायाः (dhāraṇāyāḥ) धारणायै² (dhāraṇāyai²) |
धारणयोः (dhāraṇayoḥ) | धारणानाम् (dhāraṇānām) |
| locative | धारणायाम् (dhāraṇāyām) | धारणयोः (dhāraṇayoḥ) | धारणासु (dhāraṇāsu) |
| vocative | धारणे (dhāraṇe) | धारणे (dhāraṇe) | धारणाः (dhāraṇāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Related terms
- धारणी (dhāraṇī)
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “dhāraṇā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.