दिश्

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *díṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *díćš, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out, show”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmĭ, “show, point out”), δεῖγμᾰ (deîgmă, “sample, pattern”) whence English paradigm, Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “custom; order, law”), Latin dīcō and dictum whence English dictate etc., Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), Latin digitus (“pointer, finger”), English token and teach.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iɕ/

दिश् • (diś)

1. to point out, show, exhibit
2. to produce, bring forward (as witness in court)
3. to assign, grant
4. to order, command

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Prefixed Root Forms

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 479, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिश्”, 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, page 73

• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दिश्”, 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) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 727; 744-746

• 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 294
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 108
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “188”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 188

दिश् • (díś) stem, f

1. quarter or region pointed at, direction
2. region, place
3. hint, reference
4. manner, method

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दिश्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan