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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দহ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒဟ် (Burmese script)
- દહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದಹ್ (Kannada script)
- ទហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ທຫ຺ (Lao script)
- ദഹ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦହ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දහ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
- த³ஹ் (Tamil script)
- దహ్ (Telugu script)
- ทหฺ (Thai script)
- ད་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
Root
दह् • (dah)
- to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast
- to cauterize
- to consume, destroy completely
- to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve
- to be burnt, burn, be in flames
- to be consumed by fire or destroyed
- to be inflamed (a wound)
- to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed
- to cause to be cooked
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
Descendants
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