Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) 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 (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
हानि · noun · feminine
न रह जाने का भाव । नाश । अभाव । क्षय । जैसे,—प्राणहानि, तिथिहानि · नुकसान । क्षति । लाभ का उलटा । पास के द्रव्य आदि में त्रुटि या कमी । घाटा । टोटा । जैसे,—इस व्यापार में बड़ी हानि हुई · स्वास्थ्य में बाधा । तंदुरुस्ती में खराबी । जैसे,—जिस वस्तु से हानि पहुँचती है, उसे क्यों खाते हो ? — Śabdasāgara
हानि · hāni · s.f.
Relinquishment, abandonment, neglect, desertion — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1217
हानि · feminine
loss; harm, damage
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi हानि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit हानि (hāni).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
hāni f. (accord. to some fr. √ han) abandonment, relinquishment, Kuval.
taking off, laying aside (ornaments), Subh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
abandonment, relinquishment
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hāni" is the vocative plural of "ha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "hāni" is the vocative plural of "han" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
hāni f. (accord. to some fr. √ han) abandonment, relinquishment, Kuval.
taking off, laying aside (ornaments), Subh.
decrease, diminution, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
deprivation of (abl.), Gaut.
damage, loss, failure (also in a lawsuit), ruin, Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
1. ha the thirty-third and last consonant of the Nāgarī alphabet (in Pāṇini's system belonging to the guttural class, and usually pronounced like the English h in hard; it is not an original letter, but is mostly derived from an older gh, rarely from dh or bh).
2. ha m. (only L.) a form of Śiva or Bhairava (cf. nakulīśa)
1. han cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 2) hanti (3. du. hataḥ, 3. pl. ghnanti; rarely Ā. hate, 3. pl. ghnate; and cl. 1. hanati, Ved. also jighnate, ˚ti; Pot. hanyāt, Br. also hanīta, ghnīta; Impv. jahi, TĀr. handhi; impf. ahan, Ved. and ep. also ahanat, ahanan, aghnanta; p. jaghnat, ghnamāna, MBh.; pf. jaghāna, jaghnuḥ, Br. and ep. also jaghne, ˚nire, Subj. jaghanat, RV.; p. jaghnivas, Ved. also jaghanvas; aor. ahānīt, JaimBr. [cf. √ vadh]; fut. hantā, MBh.; haṃsyati, ib.; haniṣyati, ˚te, AV. &c.; inf. hantum, Ved. also hantave, ˚tavai, ˚toḥ; ind.p. hatvā, Ved. also ˚tvī, ˚tvāya, -hatya; -hanya, MBh.; -ghātam, Br. &c.), to strike, beat (also a drum), pound, hammer (acc.), strike &c. upon (loc.), RV. &c. &c.; to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy, ib.; to put to death, cause to be executed, Mn.; Hit.; to strike off, Kathās.; to ward off, avert, MBh.; to hurt, wound (the heart), R.; to hurl (a dart) upon (gen.), RV.; (in astron.) to touch, come into contact, VarBṛS.; to obstruct, hinder, Rājat.; to repress, give up, abandon (anger, sorrow &c.), Kāv.; BhP.; (?) to go, move, Naigh. ii, 14 : Pass. hanyate (ep. also ˚ti; aor. avadhi or aghāni), to be struck or killed, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. ghātayati, ˚te (properly a Nom. fr. ghāta, q.v.; aor. ajīghatat or ajīghanat), to cause to be slain or killed, kill, slay, put to death, punish, Mn.; MBh. &c.; to notify a person's death (kaṃsaṃ ghātayati = kaṃsa-vadham ācaṣṭe), Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26, Vārtt. 6 Pat.; to mar, destroy, MBh.; Pañcat. (v.l.) : Desid. jighāṃsati, ˚te (Pot. jighāṃsīyat, MBh.; impf. ajighāṃsīḥ, ŚBr.), to wish to kill or destroy, RV. &c. &c.: Intens. jaṅghanti (RV.; p. jaṅghanat, jaṅghnat or ghanighnat), jaṅghanyate (with pass. sense, MuṇḍUp.), jeghnīyate (Pāṇ. vii, 4, 31), to strike = tread upon (loc. or acc.), RV.; to slay, kill, ib.; to dispel (darkness), destroy (evil, harm), ib.; to hurt, injure, wound, MuṇḍUp.
han [cf. Gk. θείνω, θάνατος; ϕόνος, ἔπεϕνον πέϕαται; Lat. de-fendere, of-fendere; Lit. genu, gíti; Slav. gǔnati.]
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