धूम्रपान

Hindi

FWOTD – 7 May 2023

Etymology

Sanskritic tatpuruṣa compound of धूम्र (dhūmra, “smoke”) +‎ पान (pān, “drinking”), literally “smoke-drinking”.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuːm.ɾᵊ.pɑːn/, [d̪ʱũːm.ɾᵊ.pä̃ːn]

Noun

धूम्रपान • (dhūmrapān) m

1. smoking
   • 2008, Upendra Kumar Tripathi, यजुर्वेद में पर्यावरण [The environment in Yajurveda]‎, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Bhavan, →ISBN, page 123:

     पृथ्वीस्थ प्रदूषण को सुधारने का कार्य वृक्ष बड़ी सहजता से करते हैं। कारखानों तथा धूम्रपानों से होने वाले वायु तथा मृदा प्रदूषण को (विष को) ये शिव की भाँति पीकर प्राणीमात्र का कल्याण करते हैं।

     pŕthvīsth pradūṣaṇ ko sudhārne kā kārya vŕkṣ baṛī sahajtā se karte ha͠i. kārkhānõ tathā dhūmrapānõ se hone vāle vāyu tathā mŕdā pradūṣaṇ ko (viṣ ko) ye śiv kī bhā̃ti pīkar prāṇīmātra kā kalyāṇ karte ha͠i.

     Trees do the work of rectifying pollution on earth very simply. By drinking the air and soil pollution (poison) caused by factories and smokings like Shiva, they bring about welfare of the living beings.

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	धूम्रपान dhūmrapān	धूम्रपान dhūmrapān
oblique	धूम्रपान dhūmrapān	धूम्रपानों dhūmrapānõ
vocative	धूम्रपान dhūmrapān	धूम्रपानो dhūmrapāno

Declension of धूम्रपान (masc cons-stem)

Derived terms

• धूम्रपानी (dhūmrapānī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धूम्र-पान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 533

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধূম্ৰপান (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬹᬫ᭄ᬭᬧᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• ধূম্রপান (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰳𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀽𑀫𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဓူမြပါန (Burmese script)
• ધૂમ્રપાન (Gujarati script)
• ਧੂਮ੍ਰਪਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍂𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦹꦩꦿꦥꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂴𑂧𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಧೂಮ್ರಪಾನ (Kannada script)
• ធូម្របាន (Khmer script)
• ຘູມ຺ຣປານ (Lao script)
• ധൂമ്രപാന (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡠᡠᠮᡵᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘴𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠤᠤᠮᠷᠠᢒᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧕𑧆𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐹𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଧୂମ୍ରପାନ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢹꢪ꣄ꢬꢦꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆷𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖳𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ධූම්‍රපාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩒𑩛𑩴 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚱𑚢𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• தூ⁴ம்ரபாந (Tamil script)
• ధూమ్రపాన (Telugu script)
• ธูมฺรปาน (Thai script)
• དྷཱུ་མྲ་པཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒴𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨃𑨊𑨢𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of धूम्र (dhūmra, “smoke”) +‎ पान (pāna, “drinking”), literally “smoke-drinking”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuːm.ɾɐˈpɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

धूम्रपान • (dhūmrapāna) stem, n (New Sanskrit)

1. smoking
   • 1987, Kala Nath Shastry, Kathānaka-ballī: ātmakathāśailībaddhasya laghūpanyāsasya, laghukathānāṃ ca saṇkalanam‎, Rajasthan Sanskrit Academy, page 92:

     मध्यरात्रिः संजाताभूत् किन्तु युवकद्वयं धूम्रपानेन सह वार्तालापे संलग्नमेवाऽभूत् ।

     madhyarātriḥ saṃjātābhūt kintu yuvakadvayaṃ dhūmrapānena saha vārtālāpe saṃlagnamevāʼbhūt.

     It was midnight, but the two young men were engrossed in their conversation with smoking.

   • 1999, Bhāratī: Volume 50‎, Saṃskṛtapracārapariṣad Rājasthānam, page 15:

     धूम्रपानं स्वास्थ्या[य] हानिकरमिति सर्वविदितम् तथापि सर्वत्र आबालवृद्धा सिगरेटादिधूम्रपाने रताः दृश्यन्ते ।

     dhūmrapānaṃ svāsthyā[ya] hānikaramiti sarvaviditam tathāpi sarvatra ābālavṛddhā sigareṭādidhūmrapāne ratāḥ dṛśyante.

     It is known by all that smoking is injurious to health but despite that everywhere from children to old people are seen absorbed in smoking cigarettes, etc.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of धूम्रपान
Nom. sg.	धूम्रपानम् (dhūmrapānam)
Gen. sg.	धूम्रपानस्य (dhūmrapānasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धूम्रपानम् (dhūmrapānam)	धूम्रपाने (dhūmrapāne)	धूम्रपानानि (dhūmrapānāni)
Vocative	धूम्रपान (dhūmrapāna)	धूम्रपाने (dhūmrapāne)	धूम्रपानानि (dhūmrapānāni)
Accusative	धूम्रपानम् (dhūmrapānam)	धूम्रपाने (dhūmrapāne)	धूम्रपानानि (dhūmrapānāni)
Instrumental	धूम्रपानेन (dhūmrapānena)	धूम्रपानाभ्याम् (dhūmrapānābhyām)	धूम्रपानैः (dhūmrapānaiḥ)
Dative	धूम्रपानाय (dhūmrapānāya)	धूम्रपानाभ्याम् (dhūmrapānābhyām)	धूम्रपानेभ्यः (dhūmrapānebhyaḥ)
Ablative	धूम्रपानात् (dhūmrapānāt)	धूम्रपानाभ्याम् (dhūmrapānābhyām)	धूम्रपानेभ्यः (dhūmrapānebhyaḥ)
Genitive	धूम्रपानस्य (dhūmrapānasya)	धूम्रपानयोः (dhūmrapānayoḥ)	धूम्रपानानाम् (dhūmrapānānām)
Locative	धूम्रपाने (dhūmrapāne)	धूम्रपानयोः (dhūmrapānayoḥ)	धूम्रपानेषु (dhūmrapāneṣu)