ধনু

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ধনু

Etymology

From Early Assamese ধনু (dhonu), from Sanskrit धनुष (dhanuṣa). Compare Sylheti ꠗꠘꠥ (dónu), Bengali ধনুক (dhonuk).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dʱɔnu]

Noun

ধনু • (dhonu)

bow

Declension

Inflection of ধনু

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		numeral		non-numeral (plural)
		singular	plural	informal
absolutive	ধনু dhonu	ধনুখন dhonukhon	ধনুকেইখন dhonukeikhon	ধনুবোৰ dhonubür	ধনুবিলাক dhonubilak
ergative	ধনুৱে dhonue	ধনুখনে dhonukhone	ধনুকেইখনে dhonukeikhone	ধনুবোৰে dhonubüre	ধনুবিলাকে dhonubilake
accusative	ধনুক dhonuk	ধনুখনক dhonukhonok	ধনুকেইখনক dhonukeikhonok	ধনুবোৰক dhonubürok	ধনুবিলাকক dhonubilakok
genitive	ধনুৰ dhonur	ধনুখনৰ dhonukhonor	ধনুকেইখনৰ dhonukeikhonor	ধনুবোৰৰ dhonubüror	ধনুবিলাকৰ dhonubilakor
dative	ধনুলৈ dhonuloi	ধনুখনলৈ dhonukhonoloi	ধনুকেইখনলৈ dhonukeikhonoloi	ধনুবোৰলৈ dhonubüroloi	ধনুবিলাকলৈ dhonubilakoloi
terminative	ধনুলৈকে dhonuloike	ধনুখনলৈকে dhonukhonoloike	ধনুকেইখনলৈকে dhonukeikhonoloike	ধনুবোৰলৈকে dhonubüroloike	ধনুবিলাকলৈকে dhonubilakoloike
instrumental	ধনুৰে dhonure	ধনুখনেৰে dhonukhonere	ধনুকেইখনেৰে dhonukeikhonere	ধনুবোৰেৰে dhonubürere	ধনুবিলাকেৰে dhonubilakere
locative	ধনুত dhonut	ধনুখনত dhonukhonot	ধনুকেইখনত dhonukeikhonot	ধনুবোৰত dhonubürot	ধনুবিলাকত dhonubilakot

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Early Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit धनुष (dhanuṣa).

Noun

ধনু (dhonu)

bow
শুনি ধনু ধৰি ৰাক্ষস ক বাট চাই ।
উজাগৰে ৰৈলা দুয়ো ভাই ॥
śuni dhonu dhori rakṣosoko baṭo cai ,
ujagore roila duyö bhai .
Hearing that, holding bows, waiting for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly.
(literally, “(After) Hearing, holding bows, looking at the road for the demon, the two brothers stayed sleeplessly”)

Descendants

Assamese: ধনু (dhonu)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

dhanu (Latin script)
𑀥𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
धनु (Devanagari 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)

Noun

ধনু n

Bengali script form of dhanu (“bow (for arrows)”)

Declension

Declension table of "ধনু" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ধনু (dhanu)	ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)
Accusative (second)	ধনুং (dhanuṃ)	ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)
Instrumental (third)	ধনুনা (dhanunā)	ধনূহি (dhanūhi) or ধনূভি (dhanūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	ধনুস্স (dhanussa) or ধনুনো (dhanuno)	ধনূনং (dhanūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ধনুস্মা (dhanusmā) or ধনুম্হা (dhanumhā)	ধনূহি (dhanūhi) or ধনূভি (dhanūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ধনুস্স (dhanussa) or ধনুনো (dhanuno)	ধনূনং (dhanūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ধনুস্মিং (dhanusmiṃ) or ধনুম্হি (dhanumhi)	ধনূসু (dhanūsu)
Vocative (calling)	ধনু (dhanu)	ধনূনি (dhanūni) or ধনূ (dhanū)