Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From the root धम् (dham, to blow).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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धमनि (dhamani) stemf

  1. (also धमनी (dhamanī)) a pipe or tube, esp. a canal of the human body, any tubular vessel, as a vein, nerve, etc.

Declension

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Feminine i-stem declension of धमनि (dhamani)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative धमनिः
dhamaniḥ
धमनी
dhamanī
धमनयः
dhamanayaḥ
Vocative धमने
dhamane
धमनी
dhamanī
धमनयः
dhamanayaḥ
Accusative धमनिम्
dhamanim
धमनी
dhamanī
धमनीः
dhamanīḥ
Instrumental धमन्या / धमनी¹
dhamanyā / dhamanī¹
धमनिभ्याम्
dhamanibhyām
धमनिभिः
dhamanibhiḥ
Dative धमनये / धमन्यै² / धमनी¹
dhamanaye / dhamanyai² / dhamanī¹
धमनिभ्याम्
dhamanibhyām
धमनिभ्यः
dhamanibhyaḥ
Ablative धमनेः / धमन्याः² / धमन्यै³
dhamaneḥ / dhamanyāḥ² / dhamanyai³
धमनिभ्याम्
dhamanibhyām
धमनिभ्यः
dhamanibhyaḥ
Genitive धमनेः / धमन्याः² / धमन्यै³
dhamaneḥ / dhamanyāḥ² / dhamanyai³
धमन्योः
dhamanyoḥ
धमनीनाम्
dhamanīnām
Locative धमनौ / धमन्याम्² / धमना¹
dhamanau / dhamanyām² / dhamanā¹
धमन्योः
dhamanyoḥ
धमनिषु
dhamaniṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “धमनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 510/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 775