ध्वंस
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa). Cognate with Bengali ধ্বংস (dhoṅśo)
Pronunciation
(Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱʋəns/, [d̪ʱʋɐ̃ns], /d̪ʱwəns/, [d̪ʱwɐ̃ns]
Noun
ध्वंस • (dhvans) m
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধ্বংস (Assamese script)
- ᬥ᭄ᬯᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
- ধ্বংস (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- ဓွံသ (Burmese script)
- ધ્વંસ (Gujarati script)
- ਧ੍ਵਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦣ꧀ꦮꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂁𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಧ್ವಂಸ (Kannada script)
- ធ្វំស (Khmer script)
- ຘ຺ວໍສ (Lao script)
- ധ്വംസ (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
- ଧ୍ଵଂସ (Odia script)
- ꢤ꣄ꢮꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
- ධ්වංස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑪖𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚫𑚨 (Takri script)
- த்⁴வஂஸ (Tamil script)
- ధ్వంస (Telugu script)
- ธฺวํส (Thai script)
- དྷྭཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨸𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root ध्वंस् (dhvaṃs).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱʋɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱʋɐ̃.s̪ɐ/
Noun
ध्वंस • (dhvaṃsa) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ध्वंसः (dhvaṃsaḥ) | ध्वंसौ (dhvaṃsau) ध्वंसा¹ (dhvaṃsā¹) |
ध्वंसाः (dhvaṃsāḥ) ध्वंसासः¹ (dhvaṃsāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | ध्वंसम् (dhvaṃsam) | ध्वंसौ (dhvaṃsau) ध्वंसा¹ (dhvaṃsā¹) |
ध्वंसान् (dhvaṃsān) |
| instrumental | ध्वंसेन (dhvaṃsena) | ध्वंसाभ्याम् (dhvaṃsābhyām) | ध्वंसैः (dhvaṃsaiḥ) ध्वंसेभिः¹ (dhvaṃsebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | ध्वंसाय (dhvaṃsāya) | ध्वंसाभ्याम् (dhvaṃsābhyām) | ध्वंसेभ्यः (dhvaṃsebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ध्वंसात् (dhvaṃsāt) | ध्वंसाभ्याम् (dhvaṃsābhyām) | ध्वंसेभ्यः (dhvaṃsebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ध्वंसस्य (dhvaṃsasya) | ध्वंसयोः (dhvaṃsayoḥ) | ध्वंसानाम् (dhvaṃsānām) |
| locative | ध्वंसे (dhvaṃse) | ध्वंसयोः (dhvaṃsayoḥ) | ध्वंसेषु (dhvaṃseṣu) |
| vocative | ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa) | ध्वंसौ (dhvaṃsau) ध्वंसा¹ (dhvaṃsā¹) |
ध्वंसाः (dhvaṃsāḥ) ध्वंसासः¹ (dhvaṃsāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ध्वंस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 522/1.