As a Hindi name
धान्वन · adj
धन्व देश संबंधी । धन्व देश का — Śabdasāgara
धान्वन · adj
धन्व देश संबंधी । धन्व देश का — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ धान्व
Cited formation "धान्वन" is धान्व + -न: धान्व means "धन्व देश संबंधी । धन्व देश का", 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
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
situated in a desert
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
1. dhānvana mf(ī)n. situated in a desert, Kām.
dhānvana m. = prec. m., ŚāṅkhŚr.
2. dhānvana mf(ī)n. made from the wood of the Dhanvana tree, ŚāṅkhŚr.; Suśr.
dhānvana a. (nī f.) Situated in a desert (dhanvan).
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