धी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
ধী (Assamese script)
ধী (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
ધી (Gujarati script)
ਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
ធី (Khmer script)
ಧೀ (Kannada script)
ຘີ (Lao script)
ധീ (Malayalam script)
𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
ဓီ (Burmese script)
𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
ଧୀ (Oriya script)
ꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
ධී (Sinhalese script)
ధీ (Telugu script)
ธี (Thai script)
དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰíH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰíH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰíh₂, from *dʰeyh₂- (“mind, thought”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dȋvo (“miracle”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱíː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː/

Root

धी • (dhī)

to perceive, think, reflect
wish, desire

Derived terms

धी (dhī́, “thought, reflection, meditation”)
धीकर्मन् (dhīkarman, “object of thought”)
धीति (dhītí, “thought, idea”)
धीदा (dhīdā, “intelligence, understanding”)
धीमत् (dhī́mat, “intelligent, wise”)
धीयसान (dhīyasāna, “attentive, mindful”)
धीयाम्पति (dhīyāmpati, “'lord of the thoughts'”)
धीयायते (dhīyāyate, “be attentive or devout”)
धीयायु (dhīyāyu, “thoughtful, devout”)
धीर (dhīra, “intelligent, skilful, clever”)
धीवन् (dhī́van, “skilful, clever”)
धीवर (dhīvara, “a clever man”)

Noun

धी • (dhī́) f

thought, (especially) religious thought,
reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer (pl. Holy Thoughts personified)
(in the plural) Holy Thoughts personified
understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu), knowledge, science, art
mind, disposition, intention, design
notion, opinion

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of धी (dhī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धीः dhī́ḥ	धियौ dhíyau	धियः dhíyaḥ
Vocative	धीः dhī́ḥ	धियौ dhíyau	धियः dhíyaḥ
Accusative	धियम् dhíyam	धियौ dhíyau	धियः dhíyaḥ
Instrumental	धिया dhiyā́	धीभ्याम् dhībhyā́m	धीभिः dhībhíḥ
Dative	धिये / धियै¹ dhiyé / dhiyaí¹	धीभ्याम् dhībhyā́m	धीभ्यः dhībhyáḥ
Ablative	धियः / धियाः¹ dhiyáḥ / dhiyā́ḥ¹	धीभ्याम् dhībhyā́m	धीभ्यः dhībhyáḥ
Genitive	धियः / धियाः¹ dhiyáḥ / dhiyā́ḥ¹	धियोः dhiyóḥ	धियाम् / धीनाम्¹ dhiyā́m / dhīnā́m¹
Locative	धियि / धियाम्¹ dhiyí / dhiyā́m¹	धियोः dhiyóḥ	धीषु dhīṣú
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

References

Monier Williams (1899), “धी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0516.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 83
Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “धी”, 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