दधाति

दधाति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰádʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, from *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi), Latin faciō, Old English dōn (whence English do).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ́.d̪ʱɑː.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐˈd̪ʱɑː.t̪i/

Verb

दधाति • (dádhāti) (root धा, class 3, type UP, present)

1. to put, place, set, lay in or on
2. to inflict punishment on
3. to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate
4. to take or bring or help to
5. to direct or fix the mind or attention upon, think of, fix or resolve upon
6. to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to
7. to appoint, establish, constitute
8. to render
9. to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute
10. to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes)
11. to accept, obtain, conceive (especially in the womb), to take pleasure or delight in
12. to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo
13. to wish to put in or lay on
14. to wish to give or present
15. to wish to gain, strive after
16. to bid defiance

Descendants

• Dardic: *dádʰāti
  • Kalasha: dyek
• Pali: dahati

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दधाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 513.