दिति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬶᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- দিতি (Assamese script)
- দিতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰰𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀺𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- દિતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਿਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦶꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- ទិតិ (Khmer script)
- ದಿತಿ (Kannada script)
- ທິຕິ (Lao script)
- ദിതി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘱𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢑᢈᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- ဒိတိ (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧒𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐶𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଦିତି (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢶꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆴𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖰𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- දිති (Sinhalese script)
- దితి (Telugu script)
- ทิติ (Thai script)
- དི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒱𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dítiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dítiš, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dí.ti/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd̪i.t̪i/
Noun
दिति • (díti) f
- distributing, dividing, splitting, cutting
- (figuratively) liberality
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of दिति (díti) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | दितिः dítiḥ | दिती dítī | दितयः dítayaḥ |
| Vocative | दिते díte | दिती dítī | दितयः dítayaḥ |
| Accusative | दितिम् dítim | दिती dítī | दितीः dítīḥ |
| Instrumental | दित्या dítyā | दितिभ्याम् dítibhyām | दितिभिः dítibhiḥ |
| Dative | दितये / दित्ये¹ / दित्यै² dítaye / dítye¹ / dítyai² | दितिभ्याम् dítibhyām | दितिभ्यः dítibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | दितेः / दित्याः² díteḥ / dítyāḥ² | दितिभ्याम् dítibhyām | दितिभ्यः dítibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | दितेः / दित्याः² díteḥ / dítyāḥ² | दित्योः dítyoḥ | दितीनाम् dítīnām |
| Locative | दितौ / दित्याम्² dítau / dítyām² | दित्योः dítyoḥ | दितिषु dítiṣu |
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Derived terms
- अदिति (aditi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दिति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0477.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दिति”, 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), “दिति”, 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