ध्वज
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ध्वज (dhvajá).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱʋəd͡ʒ/
Noun
ध्वज • (dhvaj) m (Urdu spelling دھوج)
- flag, banner
- नेपाल का ध्वज अनोखे आकार का है।
- nepāl kā dhvaj anokhe ākār kā hai.
- The flag of Nepal has a unique shape.
- Synonyms: झंडा (jhaṇḍā), पताका (patākā)
Declension
Declension of ध्वज (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ध्वज dhvaj | ध्वज dhvaj |
| oblique | ध्वज dhvaj | ध्वजों dhvajõ |
| vocative | ध्वज dhvaj | ध्वजो dhvajo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ध्वज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “ध्वज”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ध्वज (dhvajá).
Noun
ध्वज • (dhvaj) m
- flag, banner
- Synonyms: झेंडा (jheṇḍā), पताका (patākā)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “ध्वज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “ध्वज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “ध्वज”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬥ᭄ᬯᬚ (Balinese script)
- ধ্ৱজ (Assamese script)
- ধ্বজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ધ્વજ (Gujarati script)
- ਧੑਵਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦣ꧀ꦮꦗ (Javanese script)
- ធ្វជ (Khmer script)
- ಧ್ವಜ (Kannada script)
- ຘ຺ວຊ (Lao script)
- ധ്വജ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᢦᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢡᠣᠸᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဓွဇ (Burmese script)
- 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑐖 (Newa script)
- ଧ୍ଵଜ (Oriya script)
- ꢤ꣄ꢮꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖕 (Siddham script)
- ධ්වජ (Sinhalese script)
- ధ్వజ (Telugu script)
- ธฺวช (Thai script)
- དྷྭ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From the root ध्वज् (dhvaj), related to banners and movement, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱʋɐ.d͡ʑɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ʱʋɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
Noun
ध्वज • (dhvajá) m
- a flag-staff
- a mark, an emblem
- a characteristic sign
- a distiller or vendor of spirituous liquors
- pride, arrogance, hypocrisy
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of ध्वज (dhvajá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ध्वजः dhvajáḥ | ध्वजौ dhvajaú | ध्वजाः / ध्वजासः¹ dhvajā́ḥ / dhvajā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | ध्वज dhvája | ध्वजौ dhvájau | ध्वजाः / ध्वजासः¹ dhvájāḥ / dhvájāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | ध्वजम् dhvajám | ध्वजौ dhvajaú | ध्वजान् dhvajā́n |
| Instrumental | ध्वजेन dhvajéna | ध्वजाभ्याम् dhvajā́bhyām | ध्वजैः / ध्वजेभिः¹ dhvajaíḥ / dhvajébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | ध्वजाय dhvajā́ya | ध्वजाभ्याम् dhvajā́bhyām | ध्वजेभ्यः dhvajébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | ध्वजात् dhvajā́t | ध्वजाभ्याम् dhvajā́bhyām | ध्वजेभ्यः dhvajébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | ध्वजस्य dhvajásya | ध्वजयोः dhvajáyoḥ | ध्वजानाम् dhvajā́nām |
| Locative | ध्वजे dhvajé | ध्वजयोः dhvajáyoḥ | ध्वजेषु dhvajéṣu |
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Derived terms
- ध्वजगृह (dhvajagṛha, “a room in which banners are kept or from which banners wave”)
- ध्वजग्रीव (dhvajagrīva, “necked like a banner (ie, high-necked)”)
- ध्वजद्रुम (dhvajadruma, “the palm tree used for making flag-staffs”)
- ध्वजपट (dhvajapaṭa, “banner-cloth”)
- ध्वजनवमी (dhvajanavamī, “festival”)
- ध्वजभङ्ग (dhvajabhaṅga, “the fracture or fall of a banner, impotence”)
- ध्वजवत् (dhvajavat, “decorated with banners”)
- ध्वजाग्र (dhvajāgra, “the top of a standard”)
- ध्वजिन् (dhvajin, “having of bearing a banner”)
Descendants
- Dhivehi: ދިދަ (dida)
- Pali: dhaja
- → Assamese: ধ্বজা (dhoza)
- → Bengali: ধ্বজ (dhẇjô)
- → Gujarati: ધ્વજ (dhvaj)
- → Hindi: ध्वज (dhvaj)
- → Indonesian: duaja
- → Kannada: ಧ್ವಜ (dhvaja)
- → Konkani: ध्वज (dhvaj)
- → Malayalam: ധ്വജം (dhvajaṃ)
- → Marathi: ध्वज (dhvaj)
- → Oriya: ଧଜା (dhôja), ଧୋଜା (dhoja), ଧ୍ବଜ (dhbôjô)
- → Sinhalese: ධවජය (dhawajaya)
- → Tamil: துசம் (tucam), துவசம் (tuvacam), தூசு (tūcu), தொசம் (tocam)
- → Thai: ธวัช (tá-wát)
- ⇒ Telugu: ధ్వజము (dhvajamu)
References
- “ध्वज॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 257, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “ध्वज”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 135
- Monier Williams (1899), “ध्वज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 522, column 1.