ध्वज

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ध्वज (dhvája).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ʱʋəd͡ʒ/

Noun

ध्वज • (dhvaj) m (Urdu spelling دھوج‎)

  1. flag, banner
    नेपाल का ध्वज अनोखे आकार का है।
    nepāl kā dhvaj anokhe ākār kā hai.
    The flag of Nepal has a unique shape.
    Synonyms: झंडा (jhaṇḍā), पताका (patākā)

Declension

Declension of ध्वज
Singular Plural
Direct ध्वज (dhvaj) ध्वज (dhvaj)
Oblique ध्वज (dhvaj) ध्वजों (dhvajõ)
Vocative ध्वज (dhvaj) ध्वजो (dhvajo)

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “ध्वज”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Marathi

Noun

ध्वज • (dhvaj) ?

  1. flag

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root ध्वज् (dhvaj), related to banners and movement

Pronunciation

Noun

ध्वज • (dhvaja) m

  1. a flag-staff
  2. a mark, an emblem
  3. a characteristic sign
  4. a distiller or vendor of spirituous liquors
  5. pride, arrogance, hypocrisy

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ध्वज (dhvaja)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ध्वजः
dhvajaḥ		 ध्वजौ
dhvajau		 ध्वजाः / ध्वजासः¹
dhvajāḥ / dhvajāsaḥ¹
Vocative ध्वज
dhvaja		 ध्वजौ
dhvajau		 ध्वजाः / ध्वजासः¹
dhvajāḥ / dhvajāsaḥ¹
Accusative ध्वजम्
dhvajam		 ध्वजौ
dhvajau		 ध्वजान्
dhvajān
Instrumental ध्वजेन
dhvajena		 ध्वजाभ्याम्
dhvajābhyām		 ध्वजैः / ध्वजेभिः¹
dhvajaiḥ / dhvajebhiḥ¹
Dative ध्वजाय
dhvajāya		 ध्वजाभ्याम्
dhvajābhyām		 ध्वजेभ्यः
dhvajebhyaḥ
Ablative ध्वजात्
dhvajāt		 ध्वजाभ्याम्
dhvajābhyām		 ध्वजेभ्यः
dhvajebhyaḥ
Genitive ध्वजस्य
dhvajasya		 ध्वजयोः
dhvajayoḥ		 ध्वजानाम्
dhvajānām
Locative ध्वजे
dhvaje		 ध्वजयोः
dhvajayoḥ		 ध्वजेषु
dhvajeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • ध्वजगृह (dhvajagṛha, “a room in which banners are kept or from which banners wave”)
  • ध्वजग्रीव (dhvajagrīva, “necked like a banner (ie, high-necked)”)
  • ध्वजद्रुम (dhvajadruma, “the palm tree used for making flag-staffs”)
  • ध्वजपट (dhvajapaṭa, “banner-cloth”)
  • ध्वजनवमी (dhvajanavamī, “festival”)
  • ध्वजभङ्ग (dhvajabhaṅga, “the fracture or fall of a banner, impotence”)
  • ध्वजवत् (dhvajavat, “decorated with banners”)
  • ध्वजाग्र (dhvajāgra, “the top of a standard”)
  • ध्वजिन् (dhvajin, “having of bearing a banner”)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 522
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