धा

From Sanskrit दश (daśa), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Compare Marathi दहा (dahā) and Hindi दस (das).

धा • (dhā) (Latin script dha, Kannada script ಧಾ)

1. ten

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “that which is put down”), Proto-Hellenic *tʰétis (“a placement, arrangement”) whence Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis); Latin faciō (“make, do”) whence English fact, factory etc; English do, deed, deem, doom.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑː/

धा • (dhā)

1. to put, place, set, lay in or on
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.01

     hiraṇyagarbháḥ sám avartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátir éka āsīt
     sá dādhāra pṛthivī́ṃ dyā́m utémā́ṃ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema

     In the beginning rose Hiranyagarbha, born Only Lord of all created beings.
     He fixed and holdeth up this earth and heaven. What god shall we adore with our oblation?

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