𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwr̥ ~ *dʰánwan- (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“bow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (θanuuan), 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə), Sanskrit धनुस् (dhanus), धन्वन् (dhanvan, “bow”), Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar, “palm (of hand)”) and Old High German tenar.

Noun

𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y /θanuvaniyaʰ/) m

1. archer

Masculine declension of 𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹
Nom. sg.	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y)
Voc. sg.	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-a)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y)	—	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-a)
Vocative	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-a)	—	—
Accusative	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎶 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-m)	—	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-a)
Genitive-Dative	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐏃𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-h-y)	—	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-a-n-a-m)
Instrumental-Ablative	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-a)	—	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-i-b-i-š)
Locative	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎡𐎹 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-i-y)	—	𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎡𐎿𐎢𐎺𐎠 (θ-nu-u-v-n-i-y-i-s-u-v-a)

Derived terms

• 𐎢𐎰𐎵𐎢𐎺𐎴𐎡𐎹 (ʰuθanuvaniyaʰ, “good archer”)