अधुना

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधुना (adhunā́).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱʊ.nɑː/, [ɐ.d̪ʱʊ.näː]

Adverb

अधुना • (adhunā) (Urdu spelling ادھنا)

1. (rare, literary) now, at this time

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अधुना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अधुना”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अधुना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• adhunā (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• অধুনা (Bengali script)
• අධුනා (Sinhalese script)
• အဓုနာ or ဢꩪုၼႃ (Burmese script)
• อธุนา or อะธุนา (Thai script)
• ᩋᨵᩩᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຘຸນາ or ອະຘຸນາ or ອະທຸນາ (Lao script)
• អធុនា (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄙𑄪𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adverb

अधुना

1. Devanagari script form of adhunā (“now”)