dhanu

Pali

danu (“bow”)

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀥𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• धनु (Devanagari script)
• ধনু (Bengali script)
• ධනු (Sinhalese script)
• ဓနု or ꩪၼု (Burmese script)
• ธนุ or ธะนุ (Thai script)
• ᨵᨶᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘນຸ or ຘະນຸ (Lao script)
• ធនុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄙𑄚𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit धनुः (dhanuḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Mon) IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̤ʔnṵ/

Noun

dhanu n

1. bow

Declension

Declension table of "dhanu" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dhanu	dhanūni or dhanū
Accusative (second)	dhanuṃ	dhanūni or dhanū
Instrumental (third)	dhanunā	dhanūhi or dhanūbhi
Dative (fourth)	dhanussa or dhanuno	dhanūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dhanusmā or dhanumhā	dhanūhi or dhanūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	dhanussa or dhanuno	dhanūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dhanusmiṃ or dhanumhi	dhanūsu
Vocative (calling)	dhanu	dhanūni or dhanū

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဓနု (dha.nu.)
• → Thai: ธนู (tá-nuu)

References

• ဘဒန္တကေတုမတဳ [Bhadanta Ketumati] (1965) အၚ်္ဂလိက်၊ မန်၊ ဗၟာ၊ ပါဠိ အဘိဓာန်၄ဘာသာ [4 Languages: English, Mon, Burmese and Pali], ရေဝ် [Ye]: ဘာခရိုက်သာံ [Kheraiksam Monastery]