Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“afflicted, distressed, pained, pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“afflicted, distressed, pained, pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दून · noun · feminine
दूने का भाव · जितना समय लगाकर गाना या बजाना आरंभ किया जाय उसके आधे समय में गाना या बजाना । साधारण से कुछ जल्दी जल्दी गाना — Śabdasāgara
दून · noun · masculine
दो पाहाड़ों के बीच का मैदान । तराई । घाटी — Śabdasāgara
दून · masculine
valley
दून
double
Platts (p. 535) also records: (in comp. = dūnā), Double, &c; see dūnā
Cited formation "दून" is दू + -न: दू means "एक और एक । तीन से एक कम", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दून" is दूना + -न: दूना means "double", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
burnt, afflicted, distressed, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
dūna mfn. (Pāṇ. viii, 2, 45) burnt, afflicted, distressed, AV.; MBh. &c.
dūna See under 2. dū.
dūna p. p. 1 Pained, afflicted, fatigued. 2 Burnt, inflamed. 3 Agitated; see du and dū.
dūna See under du.
dūna mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) 1 Suffering pain or fatigue. 2 Going, moving. 3 Shaken, agitated. E. dū to suffer, affix kta.
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