# धीवर
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* धींवर (dhī̃var)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धीवर (dhīvara). May have also been inherited via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀥𑀻𑀯𑀭 (dhīvara).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪ʱiː.ʋəɾ/, [d̪ʱiː.ʋɐɾ]

### Noun

धीवर • (dhīvar) m (feminine धीवरी, Urdu spelling دھیور)
* (formal) fisherman
    Synonyms: मछुआ (machuā), मछुआरा (machuārā)
    धीवर जाति ― dhīvar jāti ― the caste of fishermen

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ধীৱৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬥᬷᬯᬭ (Balinese script)
* ধীবর (Bengali script)
* 𑰠𑰱𑰪𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀥𑀻𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဓီဝရ (Burmese script)
* ધીવર (Gujarati script)
* ਧੀਵਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌧𑍀𑌵𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦣꦷꦮꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂡𑂲𑂫𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಧೀವರ (Kannada script)
* ធីវរ (Khmer script)
* ຘີວຣ (Lao script)
* ധീവര (Malayalam script)
* ᢡᡳᡳᠸᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘠𑘲𑘪𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠾᠢᠢᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧀𑧓𑧊𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐢𑐷𑐰𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଧୀଵର (Odia script)
* ꢤꢷꢮꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆣𑆵𑆮𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖠𑖱𑖪𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ධීවර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩮𑩑𑩛𑩾𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚜𑚯𑚦𑚤 (Takri script)
* தீ⁴வர (Tamil script)
* ధీవర (Telugu script)
* ธีวร (Thai script)
* དྷཱི་ཝ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒡𑒲𑒫𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨜𑨁𑨊𑨭𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From धी (dhī) +‎ वर (vara).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dʱiː.ʋɐ.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪ʱiː.ʋɐ.ɾɐ/

### Noun

धीवर • (dhīvará) stem, m (feminine धीवरी)
* a clever, wise person
* a fisherman
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:धीवर

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀥𑀻𑀯𑀭 (dhīvara)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
    Devanagari script: ढीवर (ḍhīvara), ढींवर (ḍhīṃvara)
    Modi script: 𑘛𑘲𑘪𑘨 (ḍhīvara), 𑘛𑘲𑘽𑘪𑘨 (ḍhīṃvara)
**   * Marathi: ढिवर (ḍhivar), ढीवर (ḍhīvar)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Takka Apabhramsa: (< *jhīvara)
**** Old Punjabi: ਝੀਵਰੁ (jhīvaru)
***** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਝਿਊਰ (jhiūra), ਝੀਵਰ (jhīvar)
    Shahmukhi script: جھِیوَر (jhīvar)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
**** Gujarati: ધીમર (dhīmar)
* → Bengali: ধীবর (dhibor) (learned)
* → Gujarati: ધીવર (dhīvar) (learned)
* → Hindi: धीवर (dhīvar) (learned)
* → Maithili: (learned)
    Devanagari script: धीवर (dhīvar)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒡𑒲𑒫𑒩 (dhīvara)
* → Old Marathi: (learned)
    Devanagari script: धीर (dhīra)
    Modi script: 𑘠𑘲𑘨 (dhīra)
** Marathi: धीवर (dhīvar)
* → Odia: ଧୀବର (dhibara) (learned)

### Noun

धीवर • (dhīvará) stem, n
* iron
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:लोह

#### Descendants

* → Malayalam: ധീവരം (dhīvaraṁ) (learned)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “धीवर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “धीवर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhīvará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press