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Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *diHw- ~ *dyuH- (“to endeavour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬛𐬍𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬍 (ādīuuiieiṇtī, “to endeavour”), Ossetian ӕндеун (ændewn), ӕндиуын (ændiwyn, “to dare”).
Pronunciation
Noun
दीव् • (dī́v) stem, f
- gambling, game of dice
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 5.85.8:
- कितवासो यद्रिरिपुर्न दीवि यद्वा घा सत्यमुत यन्न विद्म ।
सर्वा ता वि ष्य शिथिरेव देवाधा ते स्याम वरुण प्रियासः ॥- kitavāso yadriripurna dīvi yadvā ghā satyamuta yanna vidma.
sarvā tā vi ṣya śithireva devādhā te syāma varuṇa priyāsaḥ. - If we, as gamesters cheat at play, have cheated, done wrong unwittingly or sinned of purpose,
Cast all these sins away like loosened fetters, and, Varuṇa let us be thine own beloved.
Declension
Declension of दीव्
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द्युवम् (dyúvam)
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दीवे (dīvé), द्युवे (dyuvé)
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दीवि (dīví)
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