दा

Dogri

Etymology

Compare Punjabi ਦਾ (dā).

Particle

दा (dā) (oblique दे, feminine दी)

of: genitive particle

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দা (Assamese script)
ᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
দা (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဒါ (Burmese script)
દા (Gujarati script)
ਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ದಾ (Kannada script)
ទា (Khmer script)
ທາ (Lao script)
ദാ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
ଦା (Odia script)
ꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
දා (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
த³ா (Tamil script)
దా (Telugu script)
ทา (Thai script)
དཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-

Sanskrit दा (dā)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

Alternative forms

दद् (dad)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː/

Noun

दा • (dā́) stem, m

a giver

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of दा
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दाः (dā́ḥ)	दौ (daú) दा¹ (dā́¹)	दाः (dā́ḥ)
accusative	दाम् (dā́m)	दौ (daú) दा¹ (dā́¹)	दाः (dā́ḥ) दः² (dáḥ²)
instrumental	दा (dā́)	दाभ्याम् (dā́bhyām)	दाभिः (dā́bhiḥ)
dative	दे (dé)	दाभ्याम् (dā́bhyām)	दाभ्यः (dā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	दः (dáḥ)	दाभ्याम् (dā́bhyām)	दाभ्यः (dā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	दः (dáḥ)	दोः (dóḥ)	दानाम् (dā́nām) दाम्² (dā́m²)
locative	दि (dí)	दोः (dóḥ)	दासु (dā́su)
vocative	दाः (dā́ḥ)	दौ (daú) दा¹ (dā́¹)	दाः (dā́ḥ)

¹Vedic
²Perhaps

Root

दा • (dā)

to give

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 14 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (10 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

ददाति (dádāti) (Present)
ददति (dádati) (Present)
दाति (dā́ti) (Present)
दास्यति (dāsyáti) (Future)
दाता (dātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
ददिता (daditā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अदात् (ádāt) (Aorist)
अदित (ádita) (Aorist)
आदत् (ā́dat) (Aorist)
अदिषत (ádiṣata) (Aorist)
देयात् (deyā́t) (Benedictive)
ददौ (dadáu) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

दीयते (dīyáte) (Passive)
अदायि (ádāyi) (Passive Aorist)
दापयति (dāpáyati) (Causative)
अदीददत् (ádīdadat) (Causative Aorist)
दित्सति (dítsati) (Desiderative)
दादाति (dādāti) (Intensive)
दादेति (dādeti) (Intensive)
देदीयते (dedīyate) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

दात (dātá) (Past Participle)
दत्त (dattá) (Past Participle)
दित (ditá) (Past Participle)
ददित (daditá) (Past Participle)
दायमान (dāyamāna) (Mediopassive Participle)
दद्यमान (dadyámāna) (Mediopassive Participle)
दातुम् (dā́tum) (Infinitive)
दातवे (dā́tave) (Infinitive)
दातवै (dātavái) (Infinitive)
दातोस् (dā́tos) (Infinitive)
दावने (dāvane) (Infinitive)
दामने (dā́mane) (Infinitive)
दत्त्वा (dattvā́) (Gerund)
दत्त्वाय (dattvā́ya) (Gerund)
दाय (dā́ya) (Gerund)
दद्य (dadya) (Gerund)
देय (déya) (Gerundive)
दातव्य (dātavya) (Gerundive)
दित्सु (ditsú) (Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation”)
दान (dāná, “the act of giving”)
दातृ (dā́tṛ, dātṛ́, “giver, donor”)
दत्त (dattá, “gift, donation”)
दाक (dāka, “donor, sacrificer”)
दा (dā́, “giving, granting”)
दा (dā́, “giver, grantor, donor”)
दामन् (dā́man, “gift”)
दामन् (dāmán, “giver, grantor, donor”)
द (da, “giving, granting, offering”)
द (da, “gift”)
दारु (dāru, “liberal”)
दावन् (dāván, “(dative) in order to give or receive; giving, granting”)
दाय (dāya, “present, donation; handing-over”)
देय (déya, “giving; gift; tax, tribute”)
दित्सा (ditsā́, “desire or intention to give”)
दिदित्सु (diditsu, “ready to give or sacrifice”)
ददि (dadí, “giving, bestowing”)
ददितृ (daditṛ́, “giver; preserver”)
ददाति (dadāti, “gift”)
दत्त्र (dáttra, “(Indra's) gift”)
दिति (díti, “distributing, liberality”)

Prefixed Root Forms

अतिदा (atidā)
अनुदा (anudā)
अभिदा (abhidā)
आदा (ādā)
उपदा (upadā)
परिदा (paridā)
प्रतिदा (pratidā)
प्रदा (pradā)
संदा (saṃdā)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 473/2-3, 474/1-2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दा”, 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, pages 71-72

Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दा”, 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
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĀ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 713-5
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 142-4
Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 105-6
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “223-5”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 223-5

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *daH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː/

Root

दा • (dā)

to cut, cut off
to divide, mow, reap

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 14 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (10 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

दाति (dā́ti) (Present)
दास्यति (dāsyáti) (Future)
दाता (dātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अदात् (ádāt) (Aorist)
देयात् (deyā́t) (Benedictive)
ददौ (dadáu) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

दीयते (dīyáte) (Passive)
दापयति (dāpáyati) (Causative)
दित्सति (ditsati) (Desiderative)
दिदासति (didāsati) (Desiderative)
दादाति (dādāti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

दिन (diná) (Past Participle)
दित (ditá) (Past Participle)
दात (dātá) (Past Participle)
दत्त (dattá) (Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

दान (dā́na, “cutting off, splitting, dividing”)
दाति (dāti, “sickle, scythe”)
दातु (dā́tu, “part, division, allotted portion”)
दातु (dā́tu, “divisible”)
दातृ (dātṛ́, “mowing, mower”)
दात्र (dā́tra, “sickle, a sort of crooked knife”)
दात्र (dātrá, “allotted portion, share, possession”)
दिति (díti, “cutting, splitting, division”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 474/2, 498/1.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĀ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 716
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 144
Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*deH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “175”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 175

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₁- (“to bind”).

Root

दा • (dā)

to bind

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 14 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (10 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

द्यति (dyati) (Present)

Non-Finite Forms

दित (dita) (Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

अदिति (áditi)
दामन् (dā́man)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474/3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĀ³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 716-7
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā [3]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 144-5
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102