दानव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दानव (dānava)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.nəʋ/, [d̪äː.nɐʋ]

Noun

दानव • (dānav) m

1. (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

Adjective

दानव • (dānav)

1. relating to the Danavas

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दानव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• দানৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬵᬦᬯ (Balinese script)
• দানব (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯𑰡𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀸𑀦𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဒါနဝ (Burmese script)
• દાનવ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਾਨਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦴꦤꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂰𑂢𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ದಾನವ (Kannada script)
• ទានវ (Khmer script)
• ທານວ (Lao script)
• ദാനവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘰𑘡𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢗᠨᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧑𑧁𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐵𑐣𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଦାନଵ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢵꢥꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆳𑆤𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖯𑖡𑖪 (Siddham script)
• දානව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩛𑩯𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚭𑚝𑚦 (Takri script)
• த³ாநவ (Tamil script)
• దానవ (Telugu script)
• ทานว (Thai script)
• དཱ་ན་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒰𑒢𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨊𑨝𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of दनु (danu)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː.nɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.n̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

दानव • (dānava) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Danava: a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras and held to be implacable enemies of the gods (described as children of Danu and Kaśyapa, sometimes reckoned as 40 in number; sometimes as 100.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दानव (dānava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दानवः dānavaḥ	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹	दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dānavāḥ / dānavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दानव dānava	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹	दानवाः / दानवासः¹ dānavāḥ / dānavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दानवम् dānavam	दानवौ / दानवा¹ dānavau / dānavā¹	दानवान् dānavān
Instrumental	दानवेन dānavena	दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām	दानवैः / दानवेभिः¹ dānavaiḥ / dānavebhiḥ¹
Dative	दानवाय dānavāya	दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām	दानवेभ्यः dānavebhyaḥ
Ablative	दानवात् dānavāt	दानवाभ्याम् dānavābhyām	दानवेभ्यः dānavebhyaḥ
Genitive	दानवस्य dānavasya	दानवयोः dānavayoḥ	दानवानाम् dānavānām
Locative	दानवे dānave	दानवयोः dānavayoḥ	दानवेषु dānaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: Danava

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दानव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 3.