धी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ধী (Assamese script)
ᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
ধী (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဓီ (Burmese script)
ધી (Gujarati script)
ਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಧೀ (Kannada script)
ធី (Khmer script)
ຘີ (Lao script)
ധീ (Malayalam script)
ᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
ଧୀ (Odia script)
ꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
ධී (Sinhalese script)
𑩮𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚯 (Takri script)
தீ⁴ (Tamil script)
ధీ (Telugu script)
ธี (Thai script)
དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayH- (“to perceive”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (diδāⁱti, “to see”), Old Persian 𐎮𐎮𐎹 (di-di-y /⁠dīdiy⁠/, “see”, 2nd pers sg imperative), Persian (didan, “to see”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱíː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː/

Root

धी • (dhī)

to perceive, think, reflect
wish, desire

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धी (0 c, 3 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root धी not found

Primary Verbal Forms

दीधेति (dī́dheti) (Present)
दीधाय (dīdhā́ya) (Perfect)

Non-Finite Forms

धीत (dhītá) (Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

दीधिति (dī́dhiti)
धियसान (dhiyasāná, “attentive, mindful”)
धी (dhī́, “thought, reflection, meditation”)
धीति (dhītí, “thought, idea”)
धीर (dhī́ra, “intelligent, skilful, clever”)

Noun

धी • (dhī́) stem, f

thought, (especially) religious thought,
reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer
(in the plural) Holy Thoughts personified
understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu), knowledge, science, art
mind, disposition, intention, design
notion, opinion

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of धी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धीः (dhī́ḥ)	धियौ (dhíyau)	धियः (dhíyaḥ)
accusative	धियम् (dhíyam)	धियौ (dhíyau)	धियः (dhíyaḥ)
instrumental	धिया (dhiyā́)	धीभ्याम् (dhībhyā́m)	धीभिः (dhībhíḥ)
dative	धिये (dhiyé) धियै¹ (dhiyaí¹)	धीभ्याम् (dhībhyā́m)	धीभ्यः (dhībhyáḥ)
ablative	धियः (dhiyáḥ) धियाः¹ (dhiyā́ḥ¹) धियै² (dhiyaí²)	धीभ्याम् (dhībhyā́m)	धीभ्यः (dhībhyáḥ)
genitive	धियः (dhiyáḥ) धियाः¹ (dhiyā́ḥ¹) धियै² (dhiyaí²)	धियोः (dhiyóḥ)	धियाम् (dhiyā́m) धीनाम्¹ (dhīnā́m¹)
locative	धियि (dhiyí) धियाम्¹ (dhiyā́m¹)	धियोः (dhiyóḥ)	धीषु (dhīṣú)
vocative	धीः (dhī́ḥ)	धियौ (dhíyau)	धियः (dhíyaḥ)

¹Later Sanskrit
²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

धियाम्पति (dhiyāmpati, “'lord of the thoughts'”)
धियायते (dhiyāyate, “be attentive or devout”)
धियायु (dhiyāyu, “thoughtful, devout”)
धीकर्मन् (dhīkarman, “object of thought”)
धीमत् (dhī́mat, “intelligent, wise”)
धीवन् (dhī́van, “skilful, clever”)
धीवर (dhīvara, “a clever man; a fisherman”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “धी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516, column 3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 83

Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धी”, 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 777-778; 793