दह्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দহ্ (Assamese script)
- দহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- દહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਹੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ទហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ದಹ್ (Kannada script)
- ທຫ຺ (Lao script)
- ദഹ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
- ဒဟ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦହ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දහ් (Sinhalese script)
- దహ్ (Telugu script)
- ทหฺ (Thai script)
- ད་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɐɦ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪ɐɦ/
Root
दह् • (dah)
- to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast
- to cauterize
- to consume, destroy completely
- to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve
- to be burnt, burn, be in flames
- to be consumed by fire or destroyed
- to be inflamed (a wound)
- to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed
- to cause to be cooked
Derived terms
- दहति (dahati)
- दहन (dahana)
- दाह (dāha)
- दाहयति (dāhayati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 473.