धेनु

See also: धन, धनु, धन्, धुनु, धोना, धूना, and धनी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ধেনু (Assamese script)
  • ᬥᬾᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
  • ধেনু (Bengali script)
  • 𑰠𑰸𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀥𑁂𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • ဓေနု (Burmese script)
  • ધેનુ (Gujarati script)
  • ਧੇਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌧𑍇𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
  • ꦣꦺꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂡𑂵𑂢𑂳 (Kaithi script)
  • ಧೇನು (Kannada script)
  • ធេនុ (Khmer script)
  • ເຘນຸ (Lao script)
  • ധേനു (Malayalam script)
  • ᢡᡝᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘠𑘹𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠾᠧᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧀𑧚𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐢𑐾𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
  • ଧେନୁ (Odia script)
  • ꢤꢾꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆣𑆼𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖠𑖸𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • ධෙනු (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩮𑩔𑩯𑩒 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚜𑚲𑚝𑚰 (Takri script)
  • தே⁴நு (Tamil script)
  • ధేను (Telugu script)
  • เธนุ (Thai script)
  • དྷེ་ནུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒡𑒹𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨜𑨄𑨝𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰa(H)inúš (“milch cow”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    धेनु • (dhenú) stem, f (root धे)

    1. a milk cow or any cow
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.69.4:
        उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।
        ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam.
        The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming near: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place.
    2. any offering or present to Brahmans instead or in the shape of a cow
    3. (figuratively) the earth

    Declension

    Feminine u-stem declension of धेनु
    singular dual plural
    nominative धेनुः (dhenúḥ) धेनू (dhenū́) धेनवः (dhenávaḥ)
    accusative धेनुम् (dhenúm) धेनू (dhenū́) धेनूः (dhenū́ḥ)
    instrumental धेन्वा (dhenvā́) धेनुभ्याम् (dhenúbhyām) धेनुभिः (dhenúbhiḥ)
    dative धेनवे (dhenáve)
    धेन्वै¹ (dhenvaí¹)     		धेनुभ्याम् (dhenúbhyām) धेनुभ्यः (dhenúbhyaḥ)
    ablative धेनोः (dhenóḥ)
    धेन्वाः¹ (dhenvā́ḥ¹)
    धेन्वै² (dhenvaí²)     		धेनुभ्याम् (dhenúbhyām) धेनुभ्यः (dhenúbhyaḥ)
    genitive धेनोः (dhenóḥ)
    धेन्वाः¹ (dhenvā́ḥ¹)
    धेन्वै² (dhenvaí²)     		धेन्वोः (dhenvóḥ) धेनूनाम् (dhenūnā́m)
    locative धेनौ (dhenaú)
    धेन्वाम्¹ (dhenvā́m¹)     		धेन्वोः (dhenvóḥ) धेनुषु (dhenúṣu)
    vocative धेनो (dhéno) धेनू (dhénū) धेनवः (dhénavaḥ)
    • ¹Later Sanskrit
    • ²Brāhmaṇas

    Descendants

    • Maharastri Prakrit: धेणु (dheṇu)
    • Pali: धेनु (dhenu)
    • → Hindi: धेनु (dhenu)
    • ⇒ Telugu: ధేనువు (dhēnuvu)

    Adjective

    धेनु • (dhenú) stem

    1. milch, yielding or giving milk

    References

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