ध्यै
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ध्या (dhyā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধ্যৈ (Assamese script)
- ᬥ᭄ᬬᬿ (Balinese script)
- ধ্যৈ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁆𑀬𑁃 (Brahmi script)
- ဓျဲ (Burmese script)
- ધ્યૈ (Gujarati script)
- ਧ੍ਯੈ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍈 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦾꦻ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂶 (Kaithi script)
- ಧ್ಯೈ (Kannada script)
- ធ្យៃ (Khmer script)
- ຘ຺ໄຍ (Lao script)
- ധ്യൈ (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠶᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘺 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠶ᠋ᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐿 (Newa script)
- ଧ୍ଯୈ (Odia script)
- ꢤ꣄ꢫꣀ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆽 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖹 (Siddham script)
- ධ්යෛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩗 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚳 (Takri script)
- த்⁴யை (Tamil script)
- ధ్యై (Telugu script)
- ธฺไย (Thai script)
- དྷྱཻ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰyaH- (“to see”), and cognate with Persian دیدن (didan, “to see, look”). The origin of the root is uncertain, but may derive further from Proto-Indo-European *dʰyeh₂- (“to see”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂-) and thus be cognate with Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, token”) and Albanian di (“knows”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱjɑːj/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱjɑj/
Root
ध्यै • (dhyai)
- to think of, imagine, contemplate, meditate on, call to mind, recollect
- to brood mischief against
- to be thoughtful or meditative (alone)
- (of an animal) to let the head hang down
- to be thought of
Derived terms
- अध्यासीत् (adhyāsīt)
- दध्यौ (dadhyau)
- दाध्याति (dādhyāti)
- दाध्यायते (dādhyāyate)
- दाध्येति (dādhyeti)
- दिध्यासते (didhyāsate)
- ध्याता (dhyātā)
- ध्याति (dhyāti)
- ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā)
- ध्यान (dhyāna)
- ध्यापयति (dhyāpayati)
- ध्यायति (dhyāyati)
- ध्यायते (dhyāyate)
- ध्यायम् (dhyāyam)
- ध्यायात् (dhyāyāt)
- ध्यायीत (dhyāyīta)
- ध्यासुर् (dhyāsur)
- ध्यास्यति (dhyāsyati)
- ध्याहि (dhyāhi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ध्यै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 85
- 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; 798
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1323