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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from English dee.
Pronunciation
Noun
डी • (ḍī) m or f (Urdu spelling ڈی)
- the letter D (dee)
Declension
Declension of डी (masc ī-stem // fem ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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डी ḍī
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डी, डियाँ ḍī, ḍiyā̃
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oblique
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डी ḍī
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डियों ḍiyõ
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vocative
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डी ḍī
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डियो ḍiyo
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ডী (Assamese script)
- ᬟᬷ (Balinese script)
- ডী (Bengali script)
- 𑰚𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀟𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဍီ (Burmese script)
- ડી (Gujarati script)
- ਡੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌡𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦝꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂙𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಡೀ (Kannada script)
- ឌី (Khmer script)
- ຑີ (Lao script)
- ഡീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡷᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘚𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢎᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦺𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐜𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଡୀ (Odia script)
- ꢞꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆝𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖚𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ඩී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩨𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚖𑚯 (Takri script)
- டீ³ (Tamil script)
- డీ (Telugu script)
- ฑี (Thai script)
- ཌཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒛𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨖𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From earlier दी (dī), from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase”).
Pronunciation
Root
डी • (ḍī)
- to fly
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- डीन (ḍīna, Past Participle)
- डीय (ḍīya, Gerund)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- डयन (ḍayana)
- डीयन (ḍīyana)
- डीन (ḍīna, “a bird's flight”)
- Prefixed Root Forms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “डी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 58
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “डी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]