ध्वंस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬥ᭄ᬯᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ধ্ৱংস্ (Assamese script)
- ধ্বংস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ધ્વંસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਧੑਵਂਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦣ꧀ꦮꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ធ្វំស៑ (Khmer script)
- ಧ್ವಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ຘ຺ວໍສ຺ (Lao script)
- ധ്വംസ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- ᢡᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- ဓွံသ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଧ୍ଵଂସ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢤ꣄ꢮꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ධ්වංස් (Sinhalese script)
- ధ్వంస్ (Telugu script)
- ธฺวํสฺ (Thai script)
- དྷྭཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwens- (“to scatter, disperse”) an extension of *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist”). Possibly cognate with Proto-Germanic *dunstą (“mist, haze, dust”) whence English dust.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱʋɐ̃s/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪ʱʋɐs̪/
Root
ध्वंस् • (dhvaṃs)
- to fall to pieces or to dust, decay
- to scatter, perish
Descendants
- → Bengali: ধ্বংস (dhbôṅs)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ध्वंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0522.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “ध्वंस्”, 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), “ध्वंस्”, 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
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 159
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0268