दिह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬤᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
দিহ্ (Assamese script)
দিহ্ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌦𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
દિહ્ (Gujarati script)
ਦਿਹੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦢꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
ទិហ៑ (Khmer script)
ದಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
ທິຫ຺ (Lao script)
ദിഹ് (Malayalam script)
𑘟𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢑᢈᠾ (Mongolian script)
ᡩᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
ဒိဟ် (Burmese script)
𑦿𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
ଦିହ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢣꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
දිහ් (Sinhalese script)
దిహ్ (Telugu script)
ทิหฺ (Thai script)
དི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayǰʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, shape”).[1]. Cognates include Latin fingō (“shape, fashion”) whence English figment, figure, fiction etc., Proto-Iranian *paridayjah whence (via Ancient Greek) English paradise, and English dough.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /diɦ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪iɦ/

Root

दिह् • (dih)

to anoint, smear, plaster, besmear
to increase, accumulate

Derived terms

दिग्ध (digdha)
देग्धि (degdhi)
देह (deha)
देहन (dehana)
देहि (dehi)
संदिह् (saṃdih)
संदेह (saṃdeha)

References

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

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “दिह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480.

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