धी
See also: ध
Hindi
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Prakrit धीआ (dhīā), धीदा (dhīdā), from older धीता (dhītā), दुहिता (duhitā), from Sanskrit दुहिता (duhitā). Doublet of दुहिता (duhitā) and दुख़्तर (duxtar).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱiː/
Noun
धी • (dhī) f (Urdu spelling دھی)
- (rare) daughter
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | धी dhī |
धियाँ dhiyā̃ |
| oblique | धी dhī |
धियों dhiyõ |
| vocative | धी dhī |
धियो dhiyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “धी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধী (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
- ধী (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဓီ (Burmese script)
- ધી (Gujarati script)
- ਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಧೀ (Kannada script)
- ធី (Khmer script)
- ຘີ (Lao script)
- ധീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଧୀ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ධී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚯 (Takri script)
- தீ⁴ (Tamil script)
- ధీ (Telugu script)
- ธี (Thai script)
- དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayH- (“to perceive”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (diδāiti, “to see”), Old Persian 𐎮𐎮𐎹 (di-di-y /dīdiy/, “see”, 2nd pers sg imperative), Persian دیدن (didan, “to see”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱíː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱiː/
Root
धी • (dhī)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- दीधे॑ति (dī́dheti, present)
- दी॒धाय॑ (dīdhā́ya, perfect)
Non-finite forms
- धी॒त (dhītá, past participle)
Derived nominal forms
- दीधिति (dī́dhiti)
- धियसान (dhiyasāná, “attentive, mindful”)
- धी (dhī́, “thought, reflection, meditation”)
- धीति (dhītí, “thought, idea”)
- धीर (dhī́ra, “intelligent, skilful, clever”)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धी (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root धी (1 c, 0 e)
Noun
धी • (dhī́) stem, f
- thought, (especially) religious thought,
- reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer
- (in the plural) Holy Thoughts personified
- understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu), knowledge, science, art
- mind, disposition, intention, design
- notion, opinion
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | धीः (dhī́ḥ) | धियौ॑ (dhíyau) | धियः॑ (dhíyaḥ) |
| accusative | धिय॑म् (dhíyam) | धियौ॑ (dhíyau) | धियः॑ (dhíyaḥ) |
| instrumental | धि॒या (dhiyā́) | धी॒भ्याम् (dhībhyā́m) | धी॒भिः (dhībhíḥ) |
| dative | धि॒ये (dhiyé) धि॒यै¹ (dhiyái¹) |
धी॒भ्याम् (dhībhyā́m) | धी॒भ्यः (dhībhyáḥ) |
| ablative | धि॒यः (dhiyáḥ) धि॒याः¹ (dhiyā́ḥ¹) धि॒यै² (dhiyái²) |
धी॒भ्याम् (dhībhyā́m) | धी॒भ्यः (dhībhyáḥ) |
| genitive | धि॒यः (dhiyáḥ) धि॒याः¹ (dhiyā́ḥ¹) धि॒यै² (dhiyái²) |
धि॒योः (dhiyóḥ) | धि॒याम् (dhiyā́m) धी॒नाम्¹ (dhīnā́m¹) |
| locative | धि॒यि (dhiyí) धि॒याम्¹ (dhiyā́m¹) |
धि॒योः (dhiyóḥ) | धी॒षु (dhīṣú) |
| vocative | धीः (dhī́ḥ) | धियौ॑ (dhíyau) | धियः॑ (dhíyaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “धी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 83
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “धी”, 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
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 777-778; 793