धर्म
HindiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, to support”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
धर्म • (dharma) m (Urdu spelling دھرم)
- religion, faith
- हम किसी धर्म का तिरस्कार नहीं करना चाहते।
- ham kisī dharma kā tiraskār nahī̃ karnā cāhte.
- We do not want to disregard any religion.
- धर्म हमारे समाज की रीढ़ है।
- dharma hamāre samāj kī rīṛh hai.
- Religion is the backbone of our society.
- हम किसी धर्म का तिरस्कार नहीं करना चाहते।
- virtue, righteousness
- हमारा नेता एक धर्म-स्तम्भ है।
- hamārā netā ek dharma-stambh hai.
- Our leader is a pillar of righteousness.
- हमारा नेता एक धर्म-स्तम्भ है।
- duty
- तुम्हारी मृत्यु से पहले, अपना अन्तिम धर्म निभाना पड़ता।
- tumhārī mŕtyu se pahle, apnā antim dharma nibhānā paṛtā.
- Before your death, you must fulfill your duty.
- तुम्हारी मृत्यु से पहले, अपना अन्तिम धर्म निभाना पड़ता।
DeclensionEdit
Declension of धर्म
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms from धर्म
ReferencesEdit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “धर्म”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
- धर्म in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)
MarathiEdit
NepaliEdit
NewariEdit
SanskritEdit
EtymologyEdit
| PIE root |
|---|
| *dʰer- |
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, to support”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
धर्म • (dhárma) m
- morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good works
- that which is established or firm, steadfast decree, statute, ordinance, law
- usage, practice, customary observance or prescribed conduct, duty
- right, justice (often as a synonym of punishment)
- religion, religious merit
- Law or Justice personified
- the law or doctrine of Buddhism
- the ethical precepts of Buddhism
- the law of Northern Buddhism
- nature, character, peculiar condition or essential quality, property, mark, peculiarity
- a particular ceremony
- sacrifice
- the ninth mansion
- Upanishad
- associating with the virtuous
- religious abstraction, devotion
- bow
- Soma-drinker
- name of the 15th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (ava-sarpiṇī)
DeclensionEdit
Masculine a-stem declension of धर्म
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | धर्मः (dharmaḥ) | धर्मौ (dharmau) | धर्माः (dharmāḥ) |
| Vocative | धर्म (dharma) | धर्मौ (dharmau) | धर्माः (dharmāḥ) |
| Accusative | धर्मम् (dharmam) | धर्मौ (dharmau) | धर्मान् (dharmān) |
| Instrumental | धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) | धर्माभ्याम् (dharmābhyām) | धर्मैः (dharmaiḥ) |
| Dative | धर्माय (dharmāya) | धर्माभ्याम् (dharmābhyām) | धर्मेभ्यः (dharmebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | धर्मात् (dharmāt) | धर्माभ्याम् (dharmābhyām) | धर्मेभ्यः (dharmebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | धर्मस्य (dharmasya) | धर्मयोः (dharmayoḥ) | धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām) |
| Locative | धर्मे (dharme) | धर्मयोः (dharmayoḥ) | धर्मेषु (dharmeṣu) |
Related termsEdit
- धर्मन् (dharman)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0510