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Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dám from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”). Cognate with Russian дом (dom), Ancient Greek δῶ (dô), Latin domus, English timber.
Noun
दम् • (dám) stem, n
- a house
c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.46.7:
- अस्याजरासो दमामरित्रा अर्चद्धूमासो अग्नयः पावकाः।
- asyājarāso damāmaritrā arcaddhūmāso agnayaḥ pāvakāḥ.
- His are the fires, eternal, purifying, that make the houses move, whose smoke is shining
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”)
Root
दम् • (dam)
- to tame, to domesticate
Derived terms
- दान्त (dāntá, “tamed, broken in, restrained, subdued”)
- दम (dáma, “taming, subduing”)
- दमन (damana, “taming, subduing”)
- दमितृ (damitṛ́, “tamer”)
- दम्य (damya, “tameable; a young bullock to be tamed”)
- दान्ति (dānti, “self-restraint, patience”)
- दाम्यति (dā́myati, “to tame”)
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