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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধী (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
- ধী (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဓီ (Burmese script)
- ધી (Gujarati script)
- ਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಧೀ (Kannada script)
- ធី (Khmer script)
- ຘີ (Lao script)
- ധീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଧୀ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ධී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚯 (Takri script)
- தீ⁴ (Tamil script)
- ధీ (Telugu script)
- ธี (Thai script)
- དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayH- (“to perceive”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (diδāiti, “to see”), Old Persian 𐎮𐎮𐎹 (di-di-y /dīdiy/, “see”, 2nd pers sg imperative), Persian دیدن (didan, “to see”).
Pronunciation
Root
धी • (dhī)
- to perceive, think, reflect
- wish, desire
Derived terms
- धी (dhī́, “thought, reflection, meditation”)
- धीकर्मन् (dhīkarman, “object of thought”)
- धीति (dhītí, “thought, idea”)
- धीदा (dhīdā, “intelligence, understanding”)
- धीमत् (dhī́mat, “intelligent, wise”)
- धीयसान (dhīyasāna, “attentive, mindful”)
- धीयाम्पति (dhīyāmpati, “'lord of the thoughts'”)
- धीयायते (dhīyāyate, “be attentive or devout”)
- धीयायु (dhīyāyu, “thoughtful, devout”)
- धीर (dhīra, “intelligent, skilful, clever”)
- धीवन् (dhī́van, “skilful, clever”)
- धीवर (dhīvara, “a clever man”)
Noun
धी • (dhī́) stem, f
- thought, (especially) religious thought,
- reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer (pl. Holy Thoughts personified)
- (in the plural) Holy Thoughts personified
- understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu), knowledge, science, art
- mind, disposition, intention, design
- notion, opinion
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “धी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0516.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 83
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धी”, 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