धम्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ध्मा (dhmā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ধম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဓမ် (Burmese script)
- ધમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਧਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಧಮ್ (Kannada script)
- ធម៑ (Khmer script)
- ຘມ຺ (Lao script)
- ധമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଧମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ධම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- த⁴ம் (Tamil script)
- ధమ్ (Telugu script)
- ธมฺ (Thai script)
- དྷ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH- (“to smoke, blow”). Cognate with Lithuanian dùmti (“to blow”), Polish dąć (“to blow”),[1] and perhaps Proto-Germanic *dimbaną (“to fog, smoke”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱɐm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɐm/
Root
धम् • (dham)
- to blow, blow into
- to breathe out, exhale
- to kindle a fire by blowing
- to melt or manufacture (metal) by blowing
- to blow or cast away
Derived terms
- अदिध्मपत् (adidhmapat)
- अध्मासीत् (adhmāsīt)
- दध्मिरे (dadhmire)
- दध्मौ (dadhmau)
- दाध्मायते (dādhmāyate)
- दाध्मायमान (dādhmāyamāna)
- दिध्नासति (didhnāsati)
- देध्मीयते (dedhmīyate)
- धमति (dhamati)
- धमते (dhamate)
- धमनि (dhamani)
- धमनी (dhamanī)
- धमन्तस् (dhamantas)
- धमिष्यति (dhamiṣyati)
- धम्यति (dhamyati)
- धम्यते (dhamyate)
- ध्माता (dhmātā)
- ध्मान्तस् (dhmāntas)
- ध्मापयति (dhmāpayati)
- ध्माप्यते (dhmāpyate)
- ध्मायति (dhmāyati)
- ध्मायते (dhmāyate)
- ध्मायात् (dhmāyāt)
- ध्मास्यति (dhmāsyati)
- ध्मेयात् (dhmeyāt)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DHAMᴵ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 775
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “धम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0509/3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “धम्”, 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 081
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धम्”, 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
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0247”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0247