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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দিশ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬶᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দিশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰰𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀺𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒိၐ် (Burmese script)
- દિશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌿𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦶꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂱𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದಿಶ್ (Kannada script)
- ទិឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ທິຨ຺ (Lao script)
- ദിശ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘱𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧒𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐶𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦିଶ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢶꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆴𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖰𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දිශ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩑𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚮𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
- தி³ஶ் (Tamil script)
- దిశ్ (Telugu script)
- ทิศฺ (Thai script)
- དི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒱𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨁𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out, show”). Cognates include Ancient Greek δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi, “show, point out”), δεῖγμᾰ (deîgma, “sample, pattern”) whence English paradigm, Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, “custom; order, law”), Latin dicō and dictum whence English dictate etc., Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), Latin digitus (“pointer, finger”), English token and teach.
Pronunciation
Root
दिश् • (diś)
- to point out, show, exhibit
- to produce, bring forward (as witness in court)
- to assign, grant
- to order, command
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 479, column 3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिश्”, 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 73
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दिश्”, 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) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 727; 744-746
- 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 294
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 108
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “188”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 188
Noun
दिश् • (díś) stem, f
- quarter or region pointed at, direction
- region, place
- hint, reference
- manner, method
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दिश्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan