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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধাৱ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬵᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ধাব্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰯𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀸𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဓာဝ် (Burmese script)
- ધાવ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਧਾਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌾𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦴꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂰𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಧಾವ್ (Kannada script)
- ធាវ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຘາວ຺ (Lao script)
- ധാവ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠ᠊ᠠᠸ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘰𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠸ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧑𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐵𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଧାଵ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢵꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆳𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖯𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ධාව් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩛𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚭𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
- த⁴ாவ் (Tamil script)
- ధావ్ (Telugu script)
- ธาวฺ (Thai script)
- དྷཱ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒰𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨊𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰā́w, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰā́w, from *dʰew- (“to run, flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέω (théō), Persian دویدن (davidan).
Pronunciation
Root
धाव् • (dhāv)
- to run, flow, stream, move, glide, swim
- to run after
- to run towards
- to run to and fro
- to run away, flee
- to advance or rush against
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- धावित (dhāvitá, Past Participle)
- धौत (dhautá, Past Participle)
- धावित्वा (dhāvitvā, Gerund)
- धाव्य (dhāvya, Gerund)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “धाव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516/1.
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- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 789-790