धृष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬥᬺᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ধৃষ্ (Assamese script)
- ধৃষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰴𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀾𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌧𑍃𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ધૃષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਧ੍ਹਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦣꦽꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ធ្ឫឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಧೃಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ຘ຺ຣິຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ധൃഷ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘠𑘵𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠷᢈᢔ (Mongolian script)
- ᢡᡵᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
- ဓၖၑ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧀𑧖𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐺𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଧୃଷ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢤꢺꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆸𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖴𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ධෘෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- ధృష్ (Telugu script)
- ธฺฤษฺ (Thai script)
- དྷྲྀ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒵𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰers- (“to be bold, dare”) from an *-s- extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dьrzъ (“daring”), Ancient Greek θρᾰσῠ́ς (thrasús, “daring, reckless”) and English dare.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱr̩ʂ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪ʱr̩ʂ/
Root
धृष् • (dhṛṣ)
- to dare
- to be bold, courageous or confident
Derived terms
- धृषु (dhṛṣú, “bold, clever”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “धृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0259.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “धृष्”, 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 085
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “धृष्”, 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 278, 282, 369
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 147
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0259