दाह
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দাহ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬵᬳ (Balinese script)
- দাহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰯𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀸𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- ဒါဟ (Burmese script)
- દાહ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਾਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌾𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂰𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ದಾಹ (Kannada script)
- ទាហ (Khmer script)
- ທາຫ (Lao script)
- ദാഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠ᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘰𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧑𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐵𑐴 (Newa script)
- ଦାହ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢵꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆳𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖯𑖮 (Siddham script)
- දාහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚭𑚩 (Takri script)
- த³ாஹ (Tamil script)
- దాహ (Telugu script)
- ทาห (Thai script)
- དཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒰𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root दह् (dah, “to burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɑː.ɦɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.ɦɐ/
Noun
दाह • (dāha) stem, m
- burning, combustion, conflagration, heat
- place of cremation
- glowing, redness (of the sky)
- cauterizing, cautery (of a wound)
- internal heat, fever
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दाहः (dāhaḥ) | दाहौ (dāhau) दाहा¹ (dāhā¹) |
दाहाः (dāhāḥ) दाहासः¹ (dāhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | दाहम् (dāham) | दाहौ (dāhau) दाहा¹ (dāhā¹) |
दाहान् (dāhān) |
| instrumental | दाहेन (dāhena) | दाहाभ्याम् (dāhābhyām) | दाहैः (dāhaiḥ) दाहेभिः¹ (dāhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | दाहाय (dāhāya) | दाहाभ्याम् (dāhābhyām) | दाहेभ्यः (dāhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | दाहात् (dāhāt) | दाहाभ्याम् (dāhābhyām) | दाहेभ्यः (dāhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | दाहस्य (dāhasya) | दाहयोः (dāhayoḥ) | दाहानाम् (dāhānām) |
| locative | दाहे (dāhe) | दाहयोः (dāhayoḥ) | दाहेषु (dāheṣu) |
| vocative | दाह (dāha) | दाहौ (dāhau) दाहा¹ (dāhā¹) |
दाहाः (dāhāḥ) दाहासः¹ (dāhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दाह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 477.