धर्मिन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধৰ্মিন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬃᬫᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধর্মিন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓရ်္မိန် (Burmese script)
• ધર્મિન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਰ੍ਮਿਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦂꦩꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧರ್ಮಿೝ (Kannada script)
• ធម៌ិន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘຣ຺ມິນ຺ (Lao script)
• ധര്മിന് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠᡵᠮᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᠷᠮᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧର୍ମିନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢬ꣄ꢪꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධර්‍මින් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• த⁴ர்மிந் (Tamil script)
• ధర్మిౝ (Telugu script)
• ธรฺมินฺ (Thai script)
• དྷ་རྨི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From धर्म (dhárma, “law, duty, rule, religion, justice”) +‎ -इन् (-in).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐɾ.min/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐɾ.min̪/

Adjective

धर्मिन् • (dharmin) stem

1. knowing or obeying the law, faithful to duty, virtuous, pious, just
2. endowed with any characteristic mark or peculiar property

Declension

Masculine in-stem declension of धर्मिन् (dharmin)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धर्मी dharmī	धर्मिणौ / धर्मिणा¹ dharmiṇau / dharmiṇā¹	धर्मिणः dharmiṇaḥ
Vocative	धर्मिन् dharmin	धर्मिणौ / धर्मिणा¹ dharmiṇau / dharmiṇā¹	धर्मिणः dharmiṇaḥ
Accusative	धर्मिणम् dharmiṇam	धर्मिणौ / धर्मिणा¹ dharmiṇau / dharmiṇā¹	धर्मिणः dharmiṇaḥ
Instrumental	धर्मिणा dharmiṇā	धर्मिभ्याम् dharmibhyām	धर्मिभिः dharmibhiḥ
Dative	धर्मिणे dharmiṇe	धर्मिभ्याम् dharmibhyām	धर्मिभ्यः dharmibhyaḥ
Ablative	धर्मिणः dharmiṇaḥ	धर्मिभ्याम् dharmibhyām	धर्मिभ्यः dharmibhyaḥ
Genitive	धर्मिणः dharmiṇaḥ	धर्मिणोः dharmiṇoḥ	धर्मिणाम् dharmiṇām
Locative	धर्मिणि dharmiṇi	धर्मिणोः dharmiṇoḥ	धर्मिषु dharmiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of धर्मिणी (dharmiṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धर्मिणी dharmiṇī	धर्मिण्यौ / धर्मिणी¹ dharmiṇyau / dharmiṇī¹	धर्मिण्यः / धर्मिणीः¹ dharmiṇyaḥ / dharmiṇīḥ¹
Vocative	धर्मिणि dharmiṇi	धर्मिण्यौ / धर्मिणी¹ dharmiṇyau / dharmiṇī¹	धर्मिण्यः / धर्मिणीः¹ dharmiṇyaḥ / dharmiṇīḥ¹
Accusative	धर्मिणीम् dharmiṇīm	धर्मिण्यौ / धर्मिणी¹ dharmiṇyau / dharmiṇī¹	धर्मिणीः dharmiṇīḥ
Instrumental	धर्मिण्या dharmiṇyā	धर्मिणीभ्याम् dharmiṇībhyām	धर्मिणीभिः dharmiṇībhiḥ
Dative	धर्मिण्यै dharmiṇyai	धर्मिणीभ्याम् dharmiṇībhyām	धर्मिणीभ्यः dharmiṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	धर्मिण्याः / धर्मिण्यै² dharmiṇyāḥ / dharmiṇyai²	धर्मिणीभ्याम् dharmiṇībhyām	धर्मिणीभ्यः dharmiṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	धर्मिण्याः / धर्मिण्यै² dharmiṇyāḥ / dharmiṇyai²	धर्मिण्योः dharmiṇyoḥ	धर्मिणीनाम् dharmiṇīnām
Locative	धर्मिण्याम् dharmiṇyām	धर्मिण्योः dharmiṇyoḥ	धर्मिणीषु dharmiṇīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter in-stem declension of धर्मिन् (dharmin)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धर्मि dharmi	धर्मिणी dharmiṇī	धर्मीणि dharmīṇi
Vocative	धर्मि / धर्मिन् dharmi / dharmin	धर्मिणी dharmiṇī	धर्मीणि dharmīṇi
Accusative	धर्मि dharmi	धर्मिणी dharmiṇī	धर्मीणि dharmīṇi
Instrumental	धर्मिणा dharmiṇā	धर्मिभ्याम् dharmibhyām	धर्मिभिः dharmibhiḥ
Dative	धर्मिणे dharmiṇe	धर्मिभ्याम् dharmibhyām	धर्मिभ्यः dharmibhyaḥ
Ablative	धर्मिणः dharmiṇaḥ	धर्मिभ्याम् dharmibhyām	धर्मिभ्यः dharmibhyaḥ
Genitive	धर्मिणः dharmiṇaḥ	धर्मिणोः dharmiṇoḥ	धर्मिणाम् dharmiṇām
Locative	धर्मिणि dharmiṇi	धर्मिणोः dharmiṇoḥ	धर्मिषु dharmiṣu

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀥𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (dhammi)
• → Hindi: धर्मी (dharmī)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “धर्मिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 512.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “dharmin”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “धर्मिन्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “धर्मिन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dharmin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press