दिव्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬶᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দিৱ্ (Assamese script)
- দিব্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰰𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
- દિવ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਿਵੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦶꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ទិវ៑ (Khmer script)
- ದಿವ್ (Kannada script)
- ທິວ຺ (Lao script)
- ദിവ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘱𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᢈᠸ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᡳᠸ (Manchu script)
- ဒိဝ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧒𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐶𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦିଵ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢶꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆴𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖰𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දිව් (Sinhalese script)
- దివ్ (Telugu script)
- ทิวฺ (Thai script)
- དི་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒱𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.
Root
दिव् • (div)
- to cast, throw (a dice)
- to gamble
- to play, sport
- to shine
- to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad
- to sleep
- to wish for
- to spread, increase
- to go
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- दीव्यति (dī́vyati)
- देवितुम् (devitum, infinitive)
- देवित्वा (devitvā), दीव्य (dīvya, gerund)
- दिदेविषति (dideviṣati), दुद्यूषति (dudyūṣati, desiderative)
- दुद्यूषयति (dudyūṣayati, causative of desirerative)
- देदिवीति (dedivīti), देद्येति (dedyeti), देदेति (dedeti, intensive)
- देवितव्य (devitavya, future participle)
- द्यु (dyú)
- दिव (divá)
- दिवन् (divan)
- दिवस (divasa)
- दिव्य (divyá)
- दीव् (dī́v)
- देव (devá)
- देवन (devana)
- देवक (devaka)
- देविन् (devin)
- द्यूत (dyūtá)
- द्युम्न (dyumná)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Root
दिव् • (div)
- to cause to lament, to pain
- to ask, beg
- to go
- to suffer pain
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- देवति (devati), देवयति (devayati)
- देवन (devana)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /díʋ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪iʋ/
Noun
दिव् • (dív) m or f
- Alternative form of द्यु (dyú)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “दिव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 478.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “div”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “दिव्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दिव्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press