देही
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দেহী (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬾᬳᬷ (Balinese script)
- দেহী (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰸𑰮𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဒေဟီ (Burmese script)
- દેહી (Gujarati script)
- ਦੇਹੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍇𑌹𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦺꦲꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂵𑂯𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ದೇಹೀ (Kannada script)
- ទេហី (Khmer script)
- ເທຫີ (Lao script)
- ദേഹീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡝᡥᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘹𑘮𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠧᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧚𑧎𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐾𑐴𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଦେହୀ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢾꢲꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆼𑆲𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖸𑖮𑖱 (Siddham script)
- දෙහී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩔𑪂𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚲𑚩𑚯 (Takri script)
- தே³ஹீ (Tamil script)
- దేహీ (Telugu script)
- เทหี (Thai script)
- དེ་ཧཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒹𑒯𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨄𑨱𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayȷ́ʰíH (“surrounding wall, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoyǵʰ-íh₂ (“wall; surrounding wall, rampart”), from *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to form, to shape”). The Sanskrit root is दिह् (dih).
Related to Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall, city wall”), τοῖχος (toîkhos), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”), Persian دژ (dež, “fortress”), Proto-Iranian *paridayjah (“surrounding wall”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɐj.ɦíː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪eː.ɦiː/
Noun
देही • (dehī́) stem, f
- a surrounding wall, rampart; a mound
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.47.2:
- अ॒यं स्वा॒दुरि॒ह मदि॑ष्ठ आस॒ यस्येन्द्रो॑ वृत्र॒हत्ये॑ म॒माद॑ ।
पु॒रूणि॒ यश्च्यौ॒त्ना शम्ब॑रस्य॒ वि न॑व॒तिं नव॑ च दे॒ह्यो॒३॒॑ हन् ॥- ayáṃ svādúrihá mádiṣṭha āsa yásyéndro vṛtrahátye mamā́da.
purū́ṇi yáścyautnā́ śámbarasya ví navatíṃ náva ca dehyò hán. - This sweet juice here had mightiest power to gladden: it boldened Indra when he killed Vṛtra,
When he defeated Śambara's many onslaughts, and battered down his ninety-nine ramparts.
- ayáṃ svādúrihá mádiṣṭha āsa yásyéndro vṛtrahátye mamā́da.
- अ॒यं स्वा॒दुरि॒ह मदि॑ष्ठ आस॒ यस्येन्द्रो॑ वृत्र॒हत्ये॑ म॒माद॑ ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | देही (dehī́) | देह्यौ (dehyaù) देही¹ (dehī́¹) |
देह्यः (dehyàḥ) देहीः¹ (dehī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | देहीम् (dehī́m) | देह्यौ (dehyaù) देही¹ (dehī́¹) |
देहीः (dehī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | देह्या (dehyā́) | देहीभ्याम् (dehī́bhyām) | देहीभिः (dehī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | देह्यै (dehyaí) | देहीभ्याम् (dehī́bhyām) | देहीभ्यः (dehī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | देह्याः (dehyā́ḥ) देह्यै² (dehyaí²) |
देहीभ्याम् (dehī́bhyām) | देहीभ्यः (dehī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | देह्याः (dehyā́ḥ) देह्यै² (dehyaí²) |
देह्योः (dehyóḥ) | देहीनाम् (dehī́nām) |
| locative | देह्याम् (dehyā́m) | देह्योः (dehyóḥ) | देहीषु (dehī́ṣu) |
| vocative | देहि (déhi) | देह्यौ (déhyau) देही¹ (déhī¹) |
देह्यः (déhyaḥ) देहीः¹ (déhīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “देही”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496, column 3.