दह्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn).

Pronunciation

Root

दह् (dah)

  1. to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast
  2. to cauterize
  3. to consume, destroy completely
  4. to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve
  5. to be burnt, burn, be in flames
  6. to be consumed by fire or destroyed
  7. to be inflamed (a wound)
  8. to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed
  9. to cause to be cooked

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 473/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 71
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 712-3
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 53-4