धीर्य

From धीर (dhī́ra) +‎ -य (-ya), from the root धृ (dhṛ, “to hold, to be firm, steadfast”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱíːɾ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱiːɾ.jɐ/

धीर्य • (dhī́rya) stem

1. steady, firm, steadfast
2. resolute, brave, courageous
3. self-composed, calm
4. grave
5. (of a sound) deep, low

• Hindi: धीरज (dhīraj)
• Punjabi: ਧੀਰਜ (dhīraj)

From धीर (dhī́ra), from the root धी (dhī, “to think, to contemplate, to reflect”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː.ɾí.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱiːɾ.jɐ/

धीर्य • (dhīryà) stem, n (metrical Vedic dhīríya)

1. intelligence, prudence
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.27.11:

     न दक्षिणा वि चिकिते न सव्या न प्राचीनमादित्या नोत पश्चा ।
     पाक्या चिद्वसवो धीर्या चिद्युष्मानीतो अभयं ज्योतिरश्याम् ॥

     na dakṣiṇā vi cikite na savyā na prācīnamādityā nota paścā.
     pākyā cidvasavo dhīryā cidyuṣmānīto abhayaṃ jyotiraśyām.

     Neither the right nor left do I distinguish, neither the east nor the west, O Ādityas.
     Simple and guided by your wisdom, O Vasus, may I attain the light that brings no danger.

• Monier Williams (1899) “धीर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517, column 1.