दिशा

See also: दृश्, देश, दश, and देशी

Hindi

Alternative forms

दिस (dis) — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिशा (diśā), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʃɑː/, [d̪ɪ.ʃäː]

Noun

दिशा • (diśā) f (Urdu spelling دشا)

direction

Declension

Declension of *दिशा* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	दिशा diśā	दिशाएँ diśāẽ
oblique	दिशा diśā	दिशाओं diśāõ
vocative	दिशा diśā	दिशाओ diśāo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दिशा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिशा (diśā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪i.ɕa/

Noun

दिशा • (diśā) f

Declension

Declension of दिशा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	दिशा diśā
direct plural	दिशा diśā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दिशा diśā	दिशा diśā
oblique सामान्यरूप	दिशे diśe	दिशां- diśān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दिशेला diśelā	दिशांना diśānnā
ergative	दिशेने, दिशेनं diśene, diśena	दिशांनी diśānnī
instrumental	दिशेशी diśeśī	दिशांशी diśānśī
locative सप्तमी	दिशेत diśet	दिशांत diśāt
vocative संबोधन	दिशे diśe	दिशांनो diśānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of दिशा (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	दिशेचा diśeċā	दिशेचे diśeċe	दिशेची diśecī	दिशेच्या diśecā	दिशेचे, दिशेचं diśeċe, diśeċa	दिशेची diśecī	दिशेच्या diśecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दिशांचा diśānċā	दिशांचे diśānċe	दिशांची diśāñcī	दिशांच्या diśāncā	दिशांचे, दिशांचं diśānċe, diśānċa	दिशांची diśāñcī	दिशांच्या diśāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दिशा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दिशा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

दिसा (disā)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d̪isä]
Phonetic Devanagari: दिसा

Noun

दिशा • (diśā)

direction

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

দিশা (Assamese script)
ᬤᬶᬰᬵ (Balinese script)
দিশা (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰰𑰫𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀺𑀰𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဒိၐာ (Burmese script)
દિશા (Gujarati script)
ਦਿਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌿𑌶𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦶꦯꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂱𑂬𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ದಿಶಾ (Kannada script)
ទិឝា (Khmer script)
ທິຨາ (Lao script)
ദിശാ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡳᡧᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘱𑘫𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢑᠢᠱᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧒𑧋𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐶𑐱𑐵 (Newa script)
ଦିଶା (Odia script)
ꢣꢶꢯꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆴𑆯𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖰𑖫𑖯 (Siddham script)
දිශා (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩑𑩿𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚮𑚧𑚭 (Takri script)
தி³ஶா (Tamil script)
దిశా (Telugu script)
ทิศา (Thai script)
དི་ཤཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒱𑒬𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨁𑨮𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root दिश् (diś). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *díśaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *díćaH, from Proto-Indo-European *díḱ-eh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dí.ɕɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪i.ɕɑː/

Noun

दिशा • (díśā) stem, f

direction, region, quarter or point of the compass

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दिशा
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दिशा (díśā)	दिशे (díśe)	दिशाः (díśāḥ)
accusative	दिशाम् (díśām)	दिशे (díśe)	दिशाः (díśāḥ)
instrumental	दिशया (díśayā) दिशा¹ (díśā¹)	दिशाभ्याम् (díśābhyām)	दिशाभिः (díśābhiḥ)
dative	दिशायै (díśāyai)	दिशाभ्याम् (díśābhyām)	दिशाभ्यः (díśābhyaḥ)
ablative	दिशायाः (díśāyāḥ) दिशायै² (díśāyai²)	दिशाभ्याम् (díśābhyām)	दिशाभ्यः (díśābhyaḥ)
genitive	दिशायाः (díśāyāḥ) दिशायै² (díśāyai²)	दिशयोः (díśayoḥ)	दिशानाम् (díśānām)
locative	दिशायाम् (díśāyām)	दिशयोः (díśayoḥ)	दिशासु (díśāsu)
vocative	दिशे (díśe)	दिशे (díśe)	दिशाः (díśāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Pali: disā
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀲𑀸 (disā)
→ Kannada: ದೆಸೆ (dese)
Bengali: দিক (dik)
→ Hindi: दिशा (diśā) (learned)
→ Marathi: दिशा (diśā) (learned)
→ Tamil: திசை (ticai) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “दिशा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480, column 2.

वायव्य (vāyavya)	उत्तर (uttar)	ईशान्य (īśānya)
पश्चिम (paścim)		पूर्व (pūrva)
नैऋत्य (nairutya)	दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ)	आग्नेय (āgney)