दिश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (to point out, show). Cognates include Ancient Greek δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi, show, point out), δεῖγμᾰ (deîgma, sample, pattern) whence English paradigm, Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, custom; order, law), Latin dicō and dictum whence English dictate etc., Latin index (pointer, indicator), Latin digitus (pointer, finger), English token and teach.

Pronunciation

Root

दिश् (diś)

  1. to point out, show, exhibit
  2. to produce, bring forward (as witness in court)
  3. to assign, grant
  4. to order, command

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0479.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), दिश्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 073
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), दिश्”, 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
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