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Etymology
Compare Punjabi ਦਾ (dā).
Particle
दा (dā) (oblique दे, feminine दी)
- of: genitive particle
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দা (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
- দা (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဒါ (Burmese script)
- દા (Gujarati script)
- ਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ದಾ (Kannada script)
- ទា (Khmer script)
- ທາ (Lao script)
- ദാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଦା (Odia script)
- ꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
- දා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
- த³ா (Tamil script)
- దా (Telugu script)
- ทา (Thai script)
- དཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).
Pronunciation
Noun
दा • (dā́) stem, m
- a giver
Declension
Root
दा • (dā)
- to give
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- ददाति (dádāti, Present)
- ददति (dádati, Present)
- दाति (dā́ti, Present)
- दास्यति (dāsyáti, Future)
- दाता (dātā́, Periphrastic Future)
- ददिता (daditā́, Periphrastic Future)
- अदात् (ádāt, Aorist)
- अदित (ádita, Aorist)
- आदत् (ā́dat, Aorist)
- अदिषत (ádiṣata, Aorist)
- देयात् (deyā́t, Benedictive)
- ददौ (dadáu, Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- दात (dātá, Past Participle)
- दत्त (dattá, Past Participle)
- दित (ditá, Past Participle)
- ददित (daditá, Past Participle)
- दायमान (dāyamāna, Mediopassive Participle)
- दद्यमान (dadyámāna, Mediopassive Participle)
- दातुम् (dā́tum, Infinitive)
- दातवे (dā́tave, Infinitive)
- दातवै (dātavái, Infinitive)
- दातोस् (dā́tos, Infinitive)
- दावने (dāvane, Infinitive)
- दामने (dā́mane, Infinitive)
- दत्त्वा (dattvā́, Gerund)
- दत्त्वाय (dattvā́ya, Gerund)
- दाय (dā́ya, Gerund)
- दद्य (dadya, Gerund)
- देय (déya, Gerundive)
- दातव्य (dātavya, Gerundive)
- दित्सु (ditsú, Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation”)
- दान (dāná, “the act of giving”)
- दातृ (dā́tṛ, dātṛ́, “giver, donor”)
- दत्त (dattá, “gift, donation”)
- दाक (dāka, “donor, sacrificer”)
- दा (dā́, “giving, granting”)
- दा (dā́, “giver, grantor, donor”)
- दामन् (dā́man, “gift”)
- दामन् (dāmán, “giver, grantor, donor”)
- द (da, “giving, granting, offering”)
- द (da, “gift”)
- दारु (dāru, “liberal”)
- दावन् (dāván, “(dative) in order to give or receive; giving, granting”)
- दाय (dāya, “present, donation; handing-over”)
- देय (déya, “giving; gift; tax, tribute”)
- दित्सा (ditsā́, “desire or intention to give”)
- दिदित्सु (diditsu, “ready to give or sacrifice”)
- ददि (dadí, “giving, bestowing”)
- ददितृ (daditṛ́, “giver; preserver”)
- ददाति (dadāti, “gift”)
- दत्त्र (dáttra, “(Indra's) gift”)
- दिति (díti, “distributing, liberality”)
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 473/2-3, 474/1-2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दा”, 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 71-72
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दा”, 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) “DĀ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 713-5
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 142-4
- 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 270
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 105-6
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “223-5”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 223-5
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *daH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).
- दो (do) (traditional name of the root, but linguistically arbitrary)
Pronunciation
Root
दा • (dā)
- to cut, cut off
- to divide, mow, reap
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- दाति (dā́ti, Present)
- दास्यति (dāsyáti, Future)
- दाता (dātā́, Periphrastic Future)
- अदात् (ádāt, Aorist)
- देयात् (deyā́t, Benedictive)
- ददौ (dadáu, Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- दिन (diná, Past Participle)
- दित (ditá, Past Participle)
- दात (dātá, Past Participle)
- दत्त (dattá, Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- दान (dā́na, “cutting off, splitting, dividing”)
- दाति (dāti, “sickle, scythe”)
- दातु (dā́tu, “part, division, allotted portion”)
- दातु (dā́tu, “divisible”)
- दातृ (dātṛ́, “mowing, mower”)
- दात्र (dā́tra, “sickle, a sort of crooked knife”)
- दात्र (dātrá, “allotted portion, share, possession”)
- दिति (díti, “cutting, splitting, division”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 474/2, 498/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĀ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 716
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 144
- 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 269
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*deH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “175”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 175
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *deh₁- (“to bind”).
Root
दा • (dā)
- to bind
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- दित (dita, Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĀ³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 716-7
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 144-5
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102