डी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English dee.

Pronunciation

Noun

डी • (ḍī) m or f (Urdu spelling ڈی)

  1. the letter D (dee)

Declension

Declension of डी (masc ī-stem // fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct डी
ḍī 		डी, डियाँ
ḍī, ḍiyā̃
oblique डी
ḍī 		डियों
ḍiyõ
vocative डी
ḍī 		डियो
ḍiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ডী (Assamese script)
  • ᬟᬷ (Balinese script)
  • ডী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰚𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀟𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • ဍီ (Burmese script)
  • ડી (Gujarati script)
  • ਡੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌡𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • ꦝꦷ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂙𑂲 (Kaithi script)
  • ಡೀ (Kannada script)
  • ឌី (Khmer script)
  • ຑີ (Lao script)
  • ഡീ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡷᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘚𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᢎᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦺𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐜𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଡୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢞꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆝𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖚𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • ඩී (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩨𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚖𑚯 (Takri script)
  • டீ³ (Tamil script)
  • డీ (Telugu script)
  • ฑี (Thai script)
  • ཌཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒛𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨖𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁-
Vedic Sanskrit दी (dī)
Sanskrit डी

    From earlier दी (dī) with unexpected retroflexion,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase”).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    डी • (ḍī)

    1. to fly

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • डयते (ḍayate, present)
    • डीय॑ते (ḍī́yate, present)
    • डयिष्यते (ḍayiṣyate, future)
    • डयिता (ḍayitā, periphrastic future)
    • अडयिष्ट (aḍayiṣṭa, aorist)
    • डिड्ये (ḍiḍye, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • डाययति (ḍāyayati, causative)
    • अडीडयत् (aḍīḍayat, causative aorist)
    • डिडयिषते (ḍiḍayiṣate, desiderative)
    • डेडीयते (ḍeḍīyate, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • डीन (ḍīna, past participle)
    • डीय (ḍīya, gerund)
    Derived nominal forms
    • डयन (ḍayana)
    • डीयन (ḍīyana)
    • डीन (ḍīna, “a bird's flight”)
    Prefixed root forms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root डी (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root डी (7 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Burrow, T[homas] (1971), “Spontaneous Cerebrals in Sanskrit”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎[1], volume 34, number 3, page 538 of 538–559

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