दिह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

দিহ্ (Assamese script)
ᬤᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
দিহ্ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဒိဟ် (Burmese script)
દિહ્ (Gujarati script)
ਦਿਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂱𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ದಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
ទិហ៑ (Khmer script)
ທິຫ຺ (Lao script)
ദിഹ് (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢑᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
ଦିହ୍ (Odia script)
ꢣꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
දිහ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩑𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚮𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
தி³ஹ் (Tamil script)
దిహ్ (Telugu script)
ทิหฺ (Thai script)
དི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨁𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayǰʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, shape”). Cognates include Latin fingō (“shape, fashion”) whence English figment, figure, fiction etc., Proto-Iranian *paridayjah whence (via Ancient Greek) English paradise, and dough.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /diɦ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iɦ/

Root

दिह् • (dih)

to anoint, smear, plaster, besmear
to increase, accumulate

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

देग्धि॑ (dégdhi, present)
धे॒क्ष्यति॑ (dhekṣyáti, future)
दे॒ग्धा (degdhā́, periphrastic future)
अधि॑क्षत् (ádhikṣat, aorist)
अदि॑ग्ध (ádigdha, aorist)
दि॒देह॑ (didéha, perfect)

Secondary forms

दि॒ह्यते॑ (dihyáte, passive)
अदे॑हि (ádehi, passive aorist)
दे॒हय॑ति (deháyati, causative)
अदी॑दिहत् (ádīdihat, causative aorist)
दिधिक्षति (didhikṣati, desiderative)
देदिह्यते (dedihyate, intensive)
देदेग्धि (dedegdhi, intensive)

Non-finite forms

दि॒ग्ध (digdhá, past participle)
दिह्य (dihya, gerund)

Derived nominal forms

देह (deha)
देहन (dehana)
देहली (dehalī)
दे॒ही (dehī́)

Prefixed root forms

अभिदिह् (abhidih)
अवदिह् (avadih)
उद्दिह् (uddih)
प्रदिह् (pradih)
संदिह् (saṃdih)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दिह् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दिह् (3 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “दिह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480, column 2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, pages 73-74

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “dih”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “DEH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 746
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140-141