ধনু

Assamese

Etymology

From Early Assamese ধনু (dhonu), from Sanskrit धनुष (dhanuṣa). Compare Sylheti ꠗꠘꠥ (dónu), Bengali ধনুক (dhonuk).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʱɔnu]

Noun

ধনু • (dhonu)

  1. bow

Declension
Inflection of ধনু
Indefinite forms Definite forms
numeral non-numeral (plural)
singular plural informal
absolutive ধনু
dhonu		 ধনুখন
dhonukhon		 ধনুকেইখন
dhonukeikhon		 ধনুবোৰ
dhonubür		 ধনুবিলাক
dhonubilak
ergative ধনুৱে
dhonue		 ধনুখনে
dhonukhone		 ধনুকেইখনে
dhonukeikhone		 ধনুবোৰে
dhonubüre		 ধনুবিলাকে
dhonubilake
accusative ধনুক
dhonuk		 ধনুখনক
dhonukhonok		 ধনুকেইখনক
dhonukeikhonok		 ধনুবোৰক
dhonubürok		 ধনুবিলাকক
dhonubilakok
genitive ধনুৰ
dhonur		 ধনুখনৰ
dhonukhonor		 ধনুকেইখনৰ
dhonukeikhonor		 ধনুবোৰৰ
dhonubüror		 ধনুবিলাকৰ
dhonubilakor
dative ধনুলৈ
dhonuloi		 ধনুখনলৈ
dhonukhonoloi		 ধনুকেইখনলৈ
dhonukeikhonoloi		 ধনুবোৰলৈ
dhonubüroloi		 ধনুবিলাকলৈ
dhonubilakoloi
terminative ধনুলৈকে
dhonuloike		 ধনুখনলৈকে
dhonukhonoloike		 ধনুকেইখনলৈকে
dhonukeikhonoloike		 ধনুবোৰলৈকে
dhonubüroloike		 ধনুবিলাকলৈকে
dhonubilakoloike
instrumental ধনুৰে
dhonure		 ধনুখনেৰে
dhonukhonere		 ধনুকেইখনেৰে
dhonukeikhonere		 ধনুবোৰেৰে
dhonubürere		 ধনুবিলাকেৰে
dhonubilakere
locative ধনুত
dhonut		 ধনুখনত
dhonukhonot		 ধনুকেইখনত
dhonukeikhonot		 ধনুবোৰত
dhonubürot		 ধনুবিলাকত
dhonubilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead.
Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).
Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case.
Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Early Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit धनुष (dhanuṣa).

Noun

ধনু (dhonu)

  1. bow
    শুনি ধনু ধৰি ৰাক্ষসক বাট চাই ।
    উজাগৰে ৰৈলা দুয়ো ভাই ॥
    śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
    ujagore roila duyö bhai .
    Hearing that, holding bows, waiting for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly.
    (literally, “(After) Hearing, holding bows, looking at the road for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly”)

Descendants
  • Assamese: ধনু (dhonu)

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • dhanu (Latin script)
  • 𑀥𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • धनु (Devanagari script)
  • ධනු (Sinhalese script)
  • ဓနု or ꩪၼု (Burmese script)
  • ธนุ or ธะนุ (Thai script)
  • ᨵᨶᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຘນຸ or ຘະນຸ (Lao script)
  • ធនុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄙𑄚𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ধনু n

  1. Bengali script form of dhanu (“bow (for arrows)”)

Declension
Declension table of "ধনু" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ধনু (dhanu)ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)
Accusative (second)ধনুং (dhanuṃ)ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)
Instrumental (third)ধনুনা (dhanunā)ধনূহি (dhanūhi) or ধনূভি (dhanūbhi)
Dative (fourth)ধনুস্স (dhanussa) or ধনুনো (dhanuno)ধনূনং (dhanūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)ধনুস্মা (dhanusmā) or ধনুম্হা (dhanumhā)ধনূহি (dhanūhi) or ধনূভি (dhanūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)ধনুস্স (dhanussa) or ধনুনো (dhanuno)ধনূনং (dhanūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)ধনুস্মিং (dhanusmiṃ) or ধনুম্হি (dhanumhi)ধনূসু (dhanūsu)
Vocative (calling)ধনু (dhanu)ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)
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