दृह्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- दर्ह् (darh), दृंह् (dṛṃh)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দৃহ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬺᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দৃহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰴𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀾𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒၖဟ် (Burmese script)
- દૃહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍃𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦽꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑃂𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದೃಹ್ (Kannada script)
- ទ្ឫហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ທ຺ຣິຫ຺ (Lao script)
- ദൃഹ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡵᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘵𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠷᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧖𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐺𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦୃହ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢺꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆸𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖴𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දෘහ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩙𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
- த்³ரிஹ் (Tamil script)
- దృహ్ (Telugu script)
- ทฺฤหฺ (Thai script)
- དྲྀ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒵𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰarjʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *delǵʰ (“to hold”) or *dʰerǵʰ- (“to be firm, strong, tough, hard”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дръжати (drŭžati, “to hold”), Lithuanian dir̃žti (“to harden, become tough”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (darəzaiieiti, “to attach”), English dry, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tulgjan, “to reinforce, establish”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dr̩ɦ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪r̩ɦ/
Root
दृह् • (dṛh)
Derived terms
- अददृहन्त (adadṛhanta)
- ददर्ह (dadarha)
- ददृंह (dadṛṃha)
- दर्हति (darhati)
- दादृहाण (dādṛhāṇa)
- दृंहति (dṛṃhati)
- दृंहते (dṛṃhate)
- दृंहन्तम् (dṛṃhantam)
- दृंहयति (dṛṃhayati)
- दृंहयते (dṛṃhayate)
- दृंहामहै (dṛṃhāmahai)
- दृंहेथे (dṛṃhethe)
- दृढ (dṛḍha)
- दृह्य (dṛhya)
- दृह्यस्व (dṛhyasva)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दृह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 490/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 78
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 706-7; 742
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 135-6