धृष्णोति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ধৃষ্ণোতি (Assamese script)
ᬥᬺᬱ᭄ᬡᭀᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ধৃষ্ণোতি (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰺𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဓၖၑ္ဏောတိ (Burmese script)
ધૃષ્ણોતિ (Gujarati script)
ਧ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਣੋਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍋𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦽꦰ꧀ꦟꦺꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑃂𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂷𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಧೃಷ್ಣೋತಿ (Kannada script)
ធ្ឫឞ្ណោតិ (Khmer script)
ຘ຺ຣິຩ຺ໂຓຕິ (Lao script)
ധൃഷ്ണോതി (Malayalam script)
ᢡᡵᡳᢢᢏᠣᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘻𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠷᠢᢔᢏᠣᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧖𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧜𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐞𑑀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଧୃଷ୍ଣୋତି (Odia script)
ꢤꢺꢰ꣄ꢠꣂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆾𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖺𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ධෘෂ‍්ණොති (Sinhalese script)
𑩮𑩙𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩕𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚶𑚘𑚴𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
த்⁴ரிஷ்ணோதி (Tamil script)
ధృష్ణోతి (Telugu script)
ธฺฤษฺโณติ (Thai script)
དྷྲྀ་ཥྞོ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒼𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑨼𑨉𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨆𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰr̥ṣṇáwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰr̥šnáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥s-néw-ti, from *dʰers- (“to be bold, dare”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (upadaržnuuaⁱṇti), Ancient Greek θράσος (thrásos, “confidence, boldness, audacity”), Proto-Slavic *dьrznǫti (“to dare”), Old English durran (whence English dare).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱr̩ʂ.ɳɐ́w.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱr̩ʂ.ɳoː.t̪i/

Verb

धृ॒ष्णोति॑ • (dhṛṣṇóti) third-singular indicative (class 5, type P, root धृष्)

to be bold or courageous or confident or proud
to dare or venture
to dare to attack, treat with indignity
to surpass
to offend, violate (a woman)
to overpower, overcome

Conjugation

Present: धृ॒ष्णोति॑ (dhṛṣṇóti), धृ॒ष्णु॒ते (dhṛṣṇuté)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	धृ॒ष्णोति॑ dhṛṣṇóti	धृ॒ष्णु॒तः dhṛṣṇutáḥ	धृ॒ष्णु॒वन्ति॑ dhṛṣṇuvánti	धृ॒ष्णु॒ते dhṛṣṇuté	धृ॒ष्णु॒वाते॑ dhṛṣṇuvā́te	धृ॒ष्णु॒वते॑ dhṛṣṇuváte
Second	धृ॒ष्णोषि॑ dhṛṣṇóṣi	धृ॒ष्णु॒थः dhṛṣṇutháḥ	धृ॒ष्णु॒थ dhṛṣṇuthá	धृ॒ष्णु॒षे dhṛṣṇuṣé	धृ॒ष्णु॒वाथे॑ dhṛṣṇuvā́the	धृ॒ष्णु॒ध्वे dhṛṣṇudhvé
First	धृ॒ष्णोमि॑ dhṛṣṇómi	धृ॒ष्णु॒वः dhṛṣṇuváḥ	धृ॒ष्णु॒मः / धृ॒ष्णु॒मसि॑¹ dhṛṣṇumáḥ / dhṛṣṇumási¹	धृ॒ष्णु॒वे dhṛṣṇuvé	धृ॒ष्णु॒वहे॑ dhṛṣṇuváhe	धृ॒ष्णु॒महे॑ dhṛṣṇumáhe
Imperative
Third	धृ॒ष्णोतु॑ dhṛṣṇótu	धृ॒ष्णु॒ताम् dhṛṣṇutā́m	धृ॒ष्णु॒वन्तु॑ dhṛṣṇuvántu	धृ॒ष्णु॒ताम् dhṛṣṇutā́m	धृ॒ष्णु॒वाता॑म् dhṛṣṇuvā́tām	धृ॒ष्णु॒वता॑म् dhṛṣṇuvátām
Second	धृ॒ष्णु॒हि dhṛṣṇuhí	धृ॒ष्णु॒तम् dhṛṣṇutám	धृ॒ष्णु॒त dhṛṣṇutá	धृ॒ष्णु॒ष्व dhṛṣṇuṣvá	धृ॒ष्णु॒वाथा॑म् dhṛṣṇuvā́thām	धृ॒ष्णु॒ध्वम् dhṛṣṇudhvám
First	धृ॒ष्णवा॑नि dhṛṣṇávāni	धृ॒ष्णवा॑व dhṛṣṇávāva	धृ॒ष्णवा॑म dhṛṣṇávāma	धृ॒ष्णवै॑ dhṛṣṇávai	धृ॒ष्णवा॑वहै dhṛṣṇávāvahai	धृ॒ष्णवा॑महै dhṛṣṇávāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	धृ॒ष्णु॒यात् dhṛṣṇuyā́t	धृ॒ष्णु॒याता॑म् dhṛṣṇuyā́tām	धृ॒ष्णु॒युः dhṛṣṇuyúḥ	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒त dhṛṣṇuvītá	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒याता॑म् dhṛṣṇuvīyā́tām	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒रन् dhṛṣṇuvīrán
Second	धृ॒ष्णु॒याः dhṛṣṇuyā́ḥ	धृ॒ष्णु॒यात॑म् dhṛṣṇuyā́tam	धृ॒ष्णु॒यात॑ dhṛṣṇuyā́ta	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒थाः dhṛṣṇuvīthā́ḥ	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒याथा॑म् dhṛṣṇuvīyā́thām	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒ध्वम् dhṛṣṇuvīdhvám
First	धृ॒ष्णु॒याम् dhṛṣṇuyā́m	धृ॒ष्णु॒याव॑ dhṛṣṇuyā́va	धृ॒ष्णु॒याम॑ dhṛṣṇuyā́ma	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒य dhṛṣṇuvīyá	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒वहि॑ dhṛṣṇuvīváhi	धृ॒ष्णु॒वी॒महि॑ dhṛṣṇuvīmáhi
Subjunctive
Third	धृ॒ष्णव॑त् / धृ॒ष्णव॑ति dhṛṣṇávat / dhṛṣṇávati	धृ॒ष्णव॑तः dhṛṣṇávataḥ	धृ॒ष्णव॑न् dhṛṣṇávan	धृ॒ष्णव॑ते / धृ॒ष्णवा॑तै dhṛṣṇávate / dhṛṣṇávātai	धृ॒ष्णवै॑ते dhṛṣṇávaite	धृ॒ष्णव॑न्त / धृ॒ष्णवा॑न्तै dhṛṣṇávanta / dhṛṣṇávāntai
Second	धृ॒ष्णवः॑ / धृ॒ष्णव॑सि dhṛṣṇávaḥ / dhṛṣṇávasi	धृ॒ष्णव॑थः dhṛṣṇávathaḥ	धृ॒ष्णव॑थ dhṛṣṇávatha	धृ॒ष्णव॑से / धृ॒ष्णवा॑सै dhṛṣṇávase / dhṛṣṇávāsai	धृ॒ष्णवै॑थे dhṛṣṇávaithe	धृ॒ष्णव॑ध्वे / धृ॒ष्णवा॑ध्वै dhṛṣṇávadhve / dhṛṣṇávādhvai
First	धृ॒ष्णवा॑नि / धृ॒ष्णवा॑ dhṛṣṇávāni / dhṛṣṇávā	धृ॒ष्णवा॑व dhṛṣṇávāva	धृ॒ष्णवा॑म dhṛṣṇávāma	धृ॒ष्णवै॑ dhṛṣṇávai	धृ॒ष्णवा॑वहै dhṛṣṇávāvahai	धृ॒ष्णवा॑महै dhṛṣṇávāmahai
Participles
	धृ॒ष्णु॒वत् dhṛṣṇuvát			धृ॒ष्णु॒वा॒न dhṛṣṇuvāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अधृ॑ष्नोत् (ádhṛṣnot), अधृ॑ष्णुत (ádhṛṣṇuta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अधृ॑ष्नोत् ádhṛṣnot	अधृ॑ष्णुताम् ádhṛṣṇutām	अधृ॑ष्णुवन् ádhṛṣṇuvan	अधृ॑ष्णुत ádhṛṣṇuta	अधृ॑ष्णुवाताम् ádhṛṣṇuvātām	अधृ॑ष्णुवत ádhṛṣṇuvata
Second	अधृ॑ष्नोः ádhṛṣnoḥ	अधृ॑ष्णुतम् ádhṛṣṇutam	अधृ॑ष्णुत ádhṛṣṇuta	अधृ॑ष्णुथाः ádhṛṣṇuthāḥ	अधृ॑ष्णुवाथाम् ádhṛṣṇuvāthām	अधृ॑ष्णुध्वम् ádhṛṣṇudhvam
First	अधृ॑ष्नवम् ádhṛṣnavam	अधृ॑ष्णुव ádhṛṣṇuva	अधृ॑ष्णुम ádhṛṣṇuma	अधृ॑ष्णुवि ádhṛṣṇuvi	अधृ॑ष्णुवहि ádhṛṣṇuvahi	अधृ॑ष्णुमहि ádhṛṣṇumahi

References

Monier Williams (1899), “धृष्णोति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 519.