दी
Hindi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪iː/
Noun
दी • (dī) f
Verb
दी • (dī)
- inflection of देना (denā):
- feminine singular perfective participle
- feminine singular perfect indicative
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দী (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬷ (Balinese script)
- দী (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဒီ (Burmese script)
- દી (Gujarati script)
- ਦੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ದೀ (Kannada script)
- ទី (Khmer script)
- ທີ (Lao script)
- ദീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଦୀ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖱 (Siddham script)
- දී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚯 (Takri script)
- தீ³ (Tamil script)
- దీ (Telugu script)
- ที (Thai script)
- དཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /diː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪iː/
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂-
Sanskrit दी (dī)
From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine, be bright”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῆλος (dêlos, “visible, conspicuous”) and possibly Lithuanian di̇̀dis (“large”).
Alternative forms
- दीदी (dīdī)
Root
दी • (dī)
Derived terms
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दी not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दी not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- दीदेति (dīdeti) (Present)
- दीदाय (dīdā́ya) (Perfect)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- दीति (dīti, “splendor, brightness”)
See also
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁-
Sanskrit दी (dī)
From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase (away)”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῐ́ω (dĭ́ō, “flee”), Lithuanian dainà (“song”).
Alternative forms
- डी (ḍī)
Root
दी • (dī) (Vedic)
Derived terms
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दी not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दी not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- दीयति (dī́yati) (Present)
- Non-Finite Forms
- देदीयितवै (dédīyitavái) (Intensive Infinitive)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दी”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 74
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दी”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 700-1
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 108
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 183