Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) 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 (“sin”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
धाना · noun · feminine
भूना हुआ जौ या चावल । बहरी · धनिया · अन्न का कण । खुद्दी — Śabdasāgara
धाना · verb
अ॰ · दौड़ना । तेजी से चलना । भागना · कोशिश करना । प्रयत्न करना — Śabdasāgara
धाना · dhānā · v.n.
To run, go quickly, make haste, to rush; to bustle about, to toil, labour, drudge — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 539
धाना · dhānā · v.t.
To worship, adore; to invoke — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 539
Cited formation "धाना" is ध + -आना: ध means "the nineteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आना forms adjectives from nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §10(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "धाना" is धा + -ना: धा means "ब्रह्मा", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "धाना" is धाना + -ना: धाना means "To run, go quickly, make haste, to rush", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
corn, grain (originally the grains of seed from their being ‘laid’ into and ‘conceived’ by the earth, cf. √ 1. dhā, but usually = fried barley or rice or any grain fried and reduce…
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhānā" is the feminine form of "dhāna" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
dhānā (ā), f., see s.v.
dhānā f. corn, grain (originally the grains of seed from their being ‘laid’ into and ‘conceived’ by the earth, cf. √ 1. dhā, but usually = fried barley or rice or any grain fried and reduced to powder), RV. &c. &c.
coriander, L.
bud, shoot, L.
dhānā f. plu. (-nāḥ) 1 Fried barley or rice. sin. (-naḥ) 1 Coriander, (Coriandrum sativum.) 2 Grain fried, and reduced to powder. 3 A bud, a shoot. E. dhā to nourish, na Uṇādi aff.
dhāna mfn. containing, holding (cf. uda-)
dhāna n. receptacle, case, seat (cf. agni-, kṣura-, rajju- &c.; ˚nam aktos prob. = womb or bosom of the night, RV. iii, 7, 6)
Alternative readings
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