धन

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धन (dhána).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱən/, [d̪ʱɐ̃n]

Noun

धन • (dhan) m (Urdu spelling دھن)

1. money

   Synonym: पैसा (paisā)

2. wealth, riches

   Synonym: दौलत (daulat)

   उसने सारा धन पुत्रों में बाँट दिया।

   usne sārā dhan putrõ mẽ bā̃ṭ diyā.

   He divided all his wealth among his sons.

3. natural resources
4. (mathematics) plus sign
5. (chemistry, in compounds) positive charge

   Synonym: धनावेश (dhanāveś) (independently)

Declension

Declension of धन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धन dhan	धन dhan
oblique	धन dhan	धनों dhanõ
vocative	धन dhan	धनो dhano

Derived terms

• कालाधन (kālādhan)
• धन-दौलत (dhan-daulat)
• धनी (dhanī)

 

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “धन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধন (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬦ (Balinese script)
• ধন (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဓန (Burmese script)
• ધન (Gujarati script)
• ਧਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಧನ (Kannada script)
• ធន (Khmer script)
• ຘນ (Lao script)
• ധന (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଧନ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ධන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚝 (Takri script)
• த⁴ந (Tamil script)
• ధన (Telugu script)
• ธน (Thai script)
• དྷ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

The term has been derived from the root धन् (dhan, “to run, move quickly”). In a literal sense, it refers to a running race, but came to mean any contest or strife as a result of semantic generalization. By further extension, it connotes anything that is contested or striven for, viz. prize, booty, wealth, treasure. The root धन् (dhan) is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰanH-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to run, flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ́.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

धन • (dhána) stem, n

1. the prize of a contest; booty
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.84.7:

     संसृष्टं धनम्उभयं समाकृतमस्मभ्यं दत्तां वरुणश्च मन्युः।
     भियं दधाना हृदयेषु शत्रवः पराजितासो अप नि लयन्ताम्॥

     saṃsṛṣṭaṃ dhanamubhayaṃ samākṛtamasmabhyaṃ dattāṃ varuṇaśca manyuḥ.
     bhiyaṃ dadhānā hṛdayeṣu śatravaḥ parājitāso apa ni layantām.

     For spoil let Varuṇa and Manyu give us the wealth of both sides gathered and collected;
     And let our enemies with stricken spirits, o’erwhelmed with terror, slink away defeated.

   1. any valued object, (especially) wealth, riches, money, treasure, gift
2. contest, strife
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.26:

     यथोत कृत्व्ये धनेऽंशुं गोष्वगस्त्यम्।

     yathota kṛtvye dhaneʼṃśuṃ goṣvagastyam.

     (As ye protected) Amśu in decisive fight, and Agastya in the fray for kine.

   1. (literally) a running match, race; or the thing raced for
3. (arithmetic) the affirmative quantity or plus

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of धन (dhána)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धनम् dhánam	धने dháne	धनानि / धना¹ dhánāni / dhánā¹
Vocative	धन dhána	धने dháne	धनानि / धना¹ dhánāni / dhánā¹
Accusative	धनम् dhánam	धने dháne	धनानि / धना¹ dhánāni / dhánā¹
Instrumental	धनेन dhánena	धनाभ्याम् dhánābhyām	धनैः / धनेभिः¹ dhánaiḥ / dhánebhiḥ¹
Dative	धनाय dhánāya	धनाभ्याम् dhánābhyām	धनेभ्यः dhánebhyaḥ
Ablative	धनात् dhánāt	धनाभ्याम् dhánābhyām	धनेभ्यः dhánebhyaḥ
Genitive	धनस्य dhánasya	धनयोः dhánayoḥ	धनानाम् dhánānām
Locative	धने dháne	धनयोः dhánayoḥ	धनेषु dháneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: ধন (dhon)
• → Hindi: धन (dhan)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡 (dhaṇa)
• → Malay: dana
  • Indonesian: dana
• Pali: dhana
• Punjabi: ਧਨ (dhan)