दिव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • দিৱ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬤᬶᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • দিব্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰟𑰰𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဒိဝ် (Burmese script)
  • દિવ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਦਿਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦢꦶꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂠𑂱𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ದಿವ್ (Kannada script)
  • ទិវ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ທິວ຺ (Lao script)
  • ദിവ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡩᡳᠸ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘟𑘱𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠢᠧ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦿𑧒𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐡𑐶𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଦିଵ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢣꢶꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆢𑆴𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖟𑖰𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • දිව් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩭𑩑𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚛𑚮𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
  • தி³வ் (Tamil script)
  • దివ్ (Telugu script)
  • ทิวฺ (Thai script)
  • དི་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒠𑒱𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨛𑨁𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *diHw- ~ *dyuH- (“to endeavour”), see further दीव् (dīv).

    Root

    दिव् • (div)

    1. to cast, throw (a dice)
    2. to gamble
    3. to play, sport
    4. to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad
    5. to sleep
    6. to wish for
    7. to spread, increase
    8. to go
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दिव् (1 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दिव् (11 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    • दिदेविषति (dideviṣati) (Desiderative)
    • दुद्यूषति (dudyūṣati) (Desiderative)
    • देदिवीति (dedivīti) (Intensive)
    • देद्येति (dedyeti) (Intensive)
    • देदेति (dedeti) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • देवितुम् (dévitum) (Infinitive)
    • देवित्वा (devitvā́) (Gerund)
    Derived Nominal Forms

    Etymology 2

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Root

      दिव् • (div)

      1. to cause to lament, to pain
      2. to ask, beg
      3. to go
      4. to suffer pain
      Derived terms
      Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दिव् (1 c, 3 e)
      Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दिव् (11 c, 0 e)
      Primary Verbal Forms
        Derived Nominal Forms
        • देवति (devati)
        • देवयति (devayati)
        • देवन (devana)

        Etymology 3

          Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-, see further द्यु (dyu).

          Pronunciation

          Root

          दिव् • (div)

          1. to shine

          Noun

          दिव् • (dív) stem, m or f

          1. alternative form of द्यु (dyú)

          Further reading

          • Monier Williams (1899) “दिव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 478.
          • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “div”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
          • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दिव्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
          • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिव्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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