दंश्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

दश् (daś)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

দংশ্ (Assamese script)
ᬤᬂᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
দংশ্ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰽𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀁𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဒံၐ် (Burmese script)
દંશ્ (Gujarati script)
ਦਂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌂𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦁꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂁𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ದಂಶ್ (Kannada script)
ទំឝ៑ (Khmer script)
ທໍຨ຺ (Lao script)
ദംശ് (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᡩᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘽𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᢑᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧞𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑑄𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
ଦଂଶ୍ (Odia script)
ꢣꢀꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆁𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖽𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
දංශ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑪖𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚫𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
தஂ³ஶ் (Tamil script)
దంశ్ (Telugu script)
ทํศฺ (Thai script)
དཾ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑓀𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨸𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *danś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *danć-, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάκνω (dáknō), German Zange.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ̃ɕ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ̃ɕ/

Root

दंश् • (daṃś)

to bite

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

दश॑ति (dáśati, present)
दंश॑ति (dáṃśati, present)
दङ्क्ष्यति (daṅkṣyati, future)
दशिष्यति (daśiṣyati, future)
दं॒ष्टा (daṃṣṭā́, periphrastic future)
अदाङ्क्षीत् (adāṅkṣīt, aorist)
दश्यात् (daśyāt, benedictive)
ददंश (dadaṃśa, perfect)

Secondary forms

दश्यते (daśyate, passive)
दंशयति (daṃśayati, causative)
अददंशत् (adadaṃśat, causative aorist)
दिदङ्क्षति (didaṅkṣati, desiderative)
दन्दश्यते (dandaśyate, intensive)
दन्दशीति (dandaśīti, intensive)
दन्दष्टि (dandaṣṭi, intensive)
दन्दंष्टि (dandaṃṣṭi, intensive)

Non-finite forms

द॒ष्ट (daṣṭá, past participle)
दंशित (daṃśita, past participle)
दंष्टुम् (daṃṣṭum, infinitive)
दं॒ष्ट्वा (daṃṣṭvā́, gerund)
दश्य (daśya, gerund)
दन्दशयित्वा (dandaśayitvā, gerund)

Derived nominal forms

द॒न्द॒शूक॑ (dandaśū́ka)
दंश (daṃśa)
दंशक (daṃśaka)
दंशिन् (daṃśin)
दंशन (daṃśana)
दंशुक (daṃśuka)
दं॒ष्टृ (daṃṣṭṛ́)
दंष्ट्र (daṃṣṭra)
दंश्मन् (daṃśman)
दङ्क्ष्नु (daṅkṣnu)
दशा (daśā)
दशन (daśana)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दंश् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दंश् (4 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “दंश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 464, column 3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 69

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DAṀŚ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 688
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 630