द्युत्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- द्योत् (dyot)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দ্যুত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤ᭄ᬬᬸᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দ্যুত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰿𑰧𑰲𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁆𑀬𑀼𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒျုတ် (Burmese script)
- દ્યુત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦ੍ਯੁਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦾꦸꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂹𑂨𑂳𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದ್ಯುತ್ (Kannada script)
- ទ្យុត៑ (Khmer script)
- ທ຺ຍຸຕ຺ (Lao script)
- ദ്യുത് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠶᡠᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘿𑘧𑘳𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠶ᠋ᠤᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧠𑧇𑧔𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑑂𑐫𑐸𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦ୍ଯୁତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣ꣄ꢫꢸꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑇀𑆪𑆶𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖿𑖧𑖲𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ද්යුත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭 𑪙𑩻𑩒𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚶𑚣𑚰𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- த்³யுத் (Tamil script)
- ద్యుత్ (Telugu script)
- ทฺยุตฺ (Thai script)
- དྱུ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑓂𑒨𑒳𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑩇𑨪𑨃𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
An extension of the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (“to be bright, shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /djut/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪jut̪/
Root
द्युत् • (dyut)
- to shine, glitter, be bright or brilliant
- to make bright, illuminate, irradiate
- to cause to appear, make clear or manifest, express, mean
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root द्युत् (0 c, 6 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root द्युत् (8 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- द्योतते (dyótate) (Present)
- द्युतयति (dyutayati) (Present)
- द्योतिष्यति (dyotiṣyáti) (Future)
- द्योतिता (dyotitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अद्यौत् (ádyaut) (Aorist)
- अद्युतत् (ádyutat) (Aorist)
- अद्योतिष्ट (ádyotiṣṭa) (Aorist)
- दिद्योत (didyóta) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- द्योतयति (dyotáyati) (Causative)
- अदिद्युतत् (ádidyutat) (Causative Aorist)
- द्योत्यते (dyotyate) (Passive of Causative)
- दिद्युतिषते (didyutiṣate) (Desiderative)
- दविद्योत्ति (dávidyotti) (Intensive)
- देद्युत्यते (dedyutyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- द्युत्त (dyuttá) (Past Participle)
- द्युतित्वा (dyutitvā) (Gerund)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- दिद्युत् (didyút)
- द्युत् (dyút)
- द्युति (dyuti)
- द्योत (dyota)
- द्योतक (dyotaka)
- द्योतन (dyotana)
- द्योतनि (dyotaní)
- द्योतिन् (dyotin)
- द्योतिस् (dyotis)
- Prefixed Root Forms
- आद्युत् (ādyut)
- प्रद्युत् (pradyut)
- विद्युत् (vidyut)
Descendants
- Sanskrit: ज्युत् (jyut) (via Prakrit)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “द्युत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 500, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 79
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DYOT”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 753-754
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “dyot”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 196-197
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “dyut”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.