दम्

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dám from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”). Cognate with Russian дом (dom), Ancient Greek δῶ (dô), Latin domus, English timber.

Noun

दम् • (dám) m

  1. a house
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.46.7:
      अस्याजरासो दमामरित्रा अर्चद्धूमासो अग्नयः पावकाः।
      asyājarāso damāmaritrā arcaddhūmāso agnayaḥ pāvakāḥ.
      His are the fires, eternal, purifying, that make the houses move, whose smoke is shining

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”)

Root

दम् • (dam)

  1. to tame, to domesticate
Derived terms
  • दान्त (dāntá, “tamed, broken in, restrained, subdued”)
  • दम (dáma, “taming, subduing”)
  • दमन (damana, “taming, subduing”)
  • दमितृ (damitṛ́, “tamer”)
  • दम्य (damya, “tameable; a young bullock to be tamed”)
  • दान्ति (dānti, “self-restraint, patience”)
  • दाम्यति (dā́myati, “to tame”)
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