ध्वन्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ধ্বন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬥ᭄ᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ধ্বন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဓွန် (Burmese script)
- ધ્વન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਧ੍ਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦣ꧀ꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಧ್ವೝ (Kannada script)
- ធ្វន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຘ຺ວນ຺ (Lao script)
- ധ്വന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠣᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᢦᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଧ୍ଵନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢤ꣄ꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ධ්වන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- த்⁴வந் (Tamil script)
- ధ్వౝ (Telugu script)
- ธฺวนฺ (Thai script)
- དྷྭ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise, sound”). Cognate with English din.
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
ध्वन् • (dhvan)
Derived terms[edit]
- ध्वनि (dhvaní, “sound, noise, voice”)
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “ध्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0522.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ध्वन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 086
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ध्वन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 360, 362
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 158
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0277, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0277