दिह्

दिह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬤᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দিহ্ (Assamese script)
• দিহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌦𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• દિહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ꦢꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ದಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ဒိဟ္ (Burmese script)
• 𑐡𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦିହ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢣꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• దిహ్ (Telugu script)
• དིཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayǰʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, shape”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪iɦ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪iɦ/

Root

दिह् • (dih)

1. to anoint, smear, plaster, besmear
2. to increase, accumulate

Derived terms

• दिग्ध (digdha)
• देह (deha)
• देहन (dehana)
• देहि (dehi)
• संदिह् (saṃdih)
• संदेह (saṃdeha)

 

References

1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) , “DEH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 746

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) , “दिह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 480.