दीति
See also: दत्, दात, दाता, दाते, दातृ, दांत, दांतो, दांतों, दाँत, दाँती, दाँतो, दाँतों, दुत, दूत, दिति, देता, देती, देतीं, देते, दैत, दोत, दौत, and दंत
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দীতি (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬷᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- দীতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰱𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀻𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဒီတိ (Burmese script)
- દીતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਦੀਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍀𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦷꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂲𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ದೀತಿ (Kannada script)
- ទីតិ (Khmer script)
- ທີຕິ (Lao script)
- ദീതി (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡳᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘲𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠢᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧓𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐷𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଦୀତି (Odia script)
- ꢣꢷꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆵𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖱𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- දීති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚯𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- தீ³தி (Tamil script)
- దీతి (Telugu script)
- ทีติ (Thai script)
- དཱི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒲𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root दी (dī, “to shine, be bright”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine, be bright”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /diː.tí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪iː.t̪i/
Noun
दी॒ति • (dītí) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दी॒तिः (dītíḥ) | दी॒ती (dītī́) | दी॒तयः॑ (dītáyaḥ) |
| accusative | दी॒तिम् (dītím) | दी॒ती (dītī́) | दी॒तीः (dītī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | दी॒त्या (dītyā́) दी॒ती¹ (dītī́¹) |
दी॒तिभ्या॑म् (dītíbhyām) | दी॒तिभिः॑ (dītíbhiḥ) |
| dative | दी॒तये॑ (dītáye) दी॒त्यै² (dītyái²) दी॒ती¹ (dītī́¹) |
दी॒तिभ्या॑म् (dītíbhyām) | दी॒तिभ्यः॑ (dītíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | दी॒तेः (dītéḥ) दी॒त्याः² (dītyā́ḥ²) दी॒त्यै³ (dītyái³) |
दी॒तिभ्या॑म् (dītíbhyām) | दी॒तिभ्यः॑ (dītíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | दी॒तेः (dītéḥ) दी॒त्याः² (dītyā́ḥ²) दी॒त्यै³ (dītyái³) |
दी॒त्योः (dītyóḥ) | दी॒ती॒नाम् (dītīnā́m) |
| locative | दी॒तौ (dītáu) दी॒त्याम्² (dītyā́m²) दी॒ता¹ (dītā́¹) |
दी॒त्योः (dītyóḥ) | दी॒तिषु॑ (dītíṣu) |
| vocative | दीते॑ (dī́te) | दीती॑ (dī́tī) | दीत॑यः (dī́tayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- सुदीति (sudītí, “radiant”)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DAYI2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 701
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “Dīti”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480/3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 074
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दीति”, 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
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1 dei-, dei̯ǝ-, dī-, di̯ā-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 183f.