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)

1. to anoint, smear, plaster, besmear
2. to increase, accumulate

Derived terms

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

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

Primary Verbal Forms

• देग्धि (dégdhi, Present)
• धेक्ष्यति (dhekṣyáti, Future)
• देग्धा (degdhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अधिक्षत् (ádhikṣat, Aorist)
• अदिग्ध (ádigdha, Aorist)
• दिदेह (didéha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दिह्यते (dihyáte, Passive)
• अदेहि (ádehi, Passive Aorist)
• देहयति (deháyati, Causative)
• अदीदिहत् (ádīdihat, Causative Aorist)
• दिधिक्षति (didhikṣati, Desiderative)
• देदिह्यते (dedihyate, Intensive)
• देदेग्धि (dedegdhi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दिग्ध (digdhá, Past Participle)
• दिह्य (dihya, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• देह (deha)
• देहन (dehana)
• देहली (dehalī)
• देही (dehī́)

Prefixed Root Forms

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

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, page 73-74
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “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]‎ (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