दॄ
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dar-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to tear, to crack”). Cognate with English tear, Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō), Macedonian дере (dere), Persian دریدن (daridan, “to tear”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d̪r̩ː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪r̩ː/
Root
दॄ • (dṝ)
- to tear
- to divide
- to tear (something) to pieces, to wrench
- to split (open)
- to burst
Derived terms
Derived terms
- दीर्ण (dīrṇá, “scattered”)
- दृणाति (dṛṇā́ti, “to divide, to split”)
- दीर्यते (dīryáte, “to separate”)
- दारु (dārú, “breaking, splitting”)
- दर्त्नु (dartnú, “breaking, splitting”)
- दार (dāra, “tearing, rending”)
- दार (dāra, “rent, cleft, hole”)
- दर्मन् (darmán, “breaker, destroyer, demolisher”)
- दर्म (darmá, “breaker, destroyer, demolisher”)
- दरीमन् (dárīman, “destruction”)
- दर्तृ (dártṛ, “breaking, bursting”)
- दर्तृ (dártṛ, “breaker, destroyer”)