दिति

See also: दत्, दात, दाता, दाते, दातृ, दांत, दांतो, दांतों, दाँत, दाँती, दाँतो, दाँतों, दुत, दूत, दीति, देता, देती, देतीं, देते, दैत, दोत, दौत, and दंत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দিতি (Assamese script)
ᬤᬶᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
দিতি (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰰𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀺𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဒိတိ (Burmese script)
દિતિ (Gujarati script)
ਦਿਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦶꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂱𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ದಿತಿ (Kannada script)
ទិតិ (Khmer script)
ທິຕິ (Lao script)
ദിതി (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘱𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢑᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧒𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐶𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଦିତି (Odia script)
ꢣꢶꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆴𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖰𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
දිති (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩑𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚮𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
தி³தி (Tamil script)
దితి (Telugu script)
ทิติ (Thai script)
དི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒱𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨁𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dítiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dítiš, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dí.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪i.t̪i/

Noun

दिति॑ • (díti) stem, f

distributing, dividing, splitting, cutting
(figuratively) liberality

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of दिति॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दितिः॑ (dítiḥ)	दिती॑ (dítī)	दित॑यः (dítayaḥ)
accusative	दिति॑म् (dítim)	दिती॑ (dítī)	दितीः॑ (dítīḥ)
instrumental	दित्या॑ (dítyā) दिती॑¹ (dítī¹)	दिति॑भ्याम् (dítibhyām)	दिति॑भिः (dítibhiḥ)
dative	दित॑ये (dítaye) दित्यै॑² (dítyai²) दिती॑¹ (dítī¹)	दिति॑भ्याम् (dítibhyām)	दिति॑भ्यः (dítibhyaḥ)
ablative	दितेः॑ (díteḥ) दित्याः॑² (dítyāḥ²) दित्यै॑³ (dítyai³)	दिति॑भ्याम् (dítibhyām)	दिति॑भ्यः (dítibhyaḥ)
genitive	दितेः॑ (díteḥ) दित्याः॑² (dítyāḥ²) दित्यै॑³ (dítyai³)	दित्योः॑ (dítyoḥ)	दिती॑नाम् (dítīnām)
locative	दितौ॑ (dítau) दित्या॑म्² (dítyām²) दिता॑¹ (dítā¹)	दित्योः॑ (dítyoḥ)	दिति॑षु (dítiṣu)
vocative	दिते॑ (díte)	दिती॑ (dítī)	दित॑यः (dítayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

अदिति (aditi)

Proper noun

दिति • (diti) stem, f

(Hinduism) Wife of Kashyapa and the mother of Daityas
the star Pollux

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of दिति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दितिः (ditiḥ)	दिती (ditī)	दितयः (ditayaḥ)
accusative	दितिम् (ditim)	दिती (ditī)	दितीः (ditīḥ)
instrumental	दित्या (dityā) दिती¹ (ditī¹)	दितिभ्याम् (ditibhyām)	दितिभिः (ditibhiḥ)
dative	दितये (ditaye) दित्यै² (dityai²) दिती¹ (ditī¹)	दितिभ्याम् (ditibhyām)	दितिभ्यः (ditibhyaḥ)
ablative	दितेः (diteḥ) दित्याः² (dityāḥ²) दित्यै³ (dityai³)	दितिभ्याम् (ditibhyām)	दितिभ्यः (ditibhyaḥ)
genitive	दितेः (diteḥ) दित्याः² (dityāḥ²) दित्यै³ (dityai³)	दित्योः (dityoḥ)	दितीनाम् (ditīnām)
locative	दितौ (ditau) दित्याम्² (dityām²) दिता¹ (ditā¹)	दित्योः (dityoḥ)	दितिषु (ditiṣu)
vocative	दिते (dite)	दिती (ditī)	दितयः (ditayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

दैत्य (daitya)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “1 Dīti, 2 Dīti”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 477/3.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दिति”, 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 072

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दिति”, 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

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “deh₂(i̯)-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 104
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “dā : dǝ- und dāi- : dǝi- : dī̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 175