दम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒမ် (Burmese script)
- દમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದಮ್ (Kannada script)
- ទម៑ (Khmer script)
- ທມ຺ (Lao script)
- ദമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- த³ம் (Tamil script)
- దమ్ (Telugu script)
- ทมฺ (Thai script)
- ད་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
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.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɐ́m/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ɐm/
Noun
दम् • (dám) stem, n
- a house
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दन् (dán) | दमी (damī́) | दमि (dámi) |
| accusative | दन् (dán) | दमी (damī́) | दमि (dámi) |
| instrumental | दमा (damā́) | दन्भ्याम् (danbhyā́m) | दन्भिः (danbhíḥ) |
| dative | दमे (damé) | दन्भ्याम् (danbhyā́m) | दन्भ्यः (danbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | दमः (damáḥ) | दन्भ्याम् (danbhyā́m) | दन्भ्यः (danbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | दमः (damáḥ) | दमोः (damóḥ) | दमाम् (damā́m) |
| locative | दमि (damí) | दमोः (damóḥ) | दन्सु (dansú) |
| vocative | दन् (dán) | दमी (dámī) | दमि (dámi) |
Derived terms
- दम (dáma)
- दम्य (dámya)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “2.dám”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 469, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “dám-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 697
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dám-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 131
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *damH-, Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”).
Root
दम् • (dam)
- to tame, to domesticate
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दम् (0 c, 3 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दम् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- दाम्यति (dā́myati) (Present)
- दमायति (damāyáti) (Present)
- अदमीत् (ádamīt) (Aorist)
- Secondary Forms
- दम्यते (damyate) (Passive)
- दमयति (damáyati) (Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- दान्त (dāntá) (Past Participle)
- दमित्वा (damitvā) (Gerund)
- दम्य (damya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दम् 1.dam”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 469, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 70
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DAMI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 698
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dami”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 134
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “dam”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.