दा
Dogri
Etymology
Compare Punjabi ਦਾ (dā).
Particle
दा (dā) (oblique दे, feminine दी)
- of: genitive particle
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
- দা (Assamese script)
- দা (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
- દા (Gujarati script)
- ਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
- ទា (Khmer script)
- ದಾ (Kannada script)
- ທາ (Lao script)
- ദാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ဒါ (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଦା (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
- දා (Sinhalese script)
- దా (Telugu script)
- ทา (Thai script)
- དཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː/
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɑ́ː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː/
Noun
दा • (dā́) m
- a giver
Declension
| Masculine ā-stem declension of दा (dā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | दाः dā́ḥ | दौ daú | दाः dā́ḥ |
| Vocative | दाः dā́ḥ | दौ daú | दाः dā́ḥ |
| Accusative | दाम् dā́m | दौ daú | दाः / दः¹ dā́ḥ / dáḥ¹ |
| Instrumental | दा dā́ | दाभ्याम् dā́bhyām | दाभिः dā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | दे dé | दाभ्याम् dā́bhyām | दाभ्यः dā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | दः dáḥ | दाभ्याम् dā́bhyām | दाभ्यः dā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | दः dáḥ | दोः dóḥ | दानाम् / दाम्¹ dā́nām / dā́m¹ |
| Locative | दि dí | दोः dóḥ | दासु dā́su |
| Notes |
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Root
दा • (√dā)
- to give
Derived terms
- दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation”)
- दान (dāná, “the act of giving”)
- ददाति (dádāti, “to give”)
- दातृ (dā́tṛ, dā́tṛ́, “giver, donor”)
- दात (dāta, “given”)
- दत्त (dattá, “given, granted, presented”)
- दत्त (dattá, “gift, donation”)
- दाक (dāka, “donor, sacrificer”)
- दा (dā́, “giving, granting”)
- दा (dā́, “giver, grantor, donor”)
- दामन् (dā́man, “gift”)
- दामन् (dāmán, “giver, grantor, donor”)
- दामने (dā́mane, “to give”)
- दातोस् (dā́tos, “to give (Vedic infinitive)”)
- द (da, “giving, granting, offering”)
- द (da, “gift”)
- दारु (dāru, “liberal”)
- दावन् (dāván, “(dative) in order to give or receive; giving, granting”)
- दाय (dāya, “present, donation; handing-over”)
- देय (déya, “giving; gift; tax, tribute”)
- दित्सति (dítsati, “(desiderative)”)
- दित्सा (ditsā́, “desire or intention to give”)
- दित्सु (ditsú, “wishing to give or grant or perform”)
- दिदित्सु (diditsu, “ready to give or sacrifice”)
- दातव्य (dātavya, “to be given”)
- दद् (√dad, “give”)
- ददि (dadí, “giving, bestowing”)
- ददितृ (daditṛ́, “giver; preserver”)
- ददाति (dadāti, “gift”)
- दत्त्र (dáttra, “(Indra's) gift”)
- दिति (díti, “distributing, liberality”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).
Alternative forms
- √दो (√do)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː/
Root
दा • (√dā)
- to cut, cut off
- to divide, mow, reap
Derived terms
- दान (dā́na, “cutting off, splitting, dividing”)
- दाति (dāti, “sickle, scythe”)
- दातु (dā́tu, “part, division, allotted portion”)
- दातु (dā́tu, “divisible”)
- दात (dāta, “cut off, mowed”)
- दातृ (dātṛ́, “mowing, mower”)
- दात्र (dā́tra, “sickle, a sort of crooked knife”)
- दात्र (dātrá, “allotted portion, share, possession”)
- दिति (díti, “cutting, splitting, division”)
- दित (ditá, “cut, torn, divided”)
- दिन (diná, “cut, torn, divided”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0498.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 072
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दा”, 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
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 102
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0175