दह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn).

Pronunciation

Root

दह् • (dah)

  1. to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast
  2. to cauterize
  3. to consume, destroy completely
  4. to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve
  5. to be burnt, burn, be in flames
  6. to be consumed by fire or destroyed
  7. to be inflamed (a wound)
  8. to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed
  9. to cause to be cooked

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दह्‎ (0 c, 7 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • दहति (dáhati, Present)
  • धक्ष्यति (dhakṣyáti, Future)
  • दग्धा (dagdhā́, Periphrastic Future)
  • अधाक्षीत् (ádhākṣīt, Aorist)
  • दह्यात् (dahyā́t, Benedictive)
  • ददाह (dadā́ha, Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • दह्यते (dahyáte, Passive)
  • अदाहि (ádāhi, Passive)
  • दाहयति (dāháyati, Causative)
  • अदीदहत् (ádīdahat, Causative)
  • दिधक्षति (didhakṣati, Desiderative)
  • दन्दहीति (dandahīti, Intensive)
  • दन्दह्यते (dandahyate, Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • दग्धुम् (dágdhum, Infinitive)
  • दग्धोस् (dágdhos, Infinitive)
  • दग्ध्वा (dagdhvā́, Gerund)
  • दग्ध (dagdhá, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दह्‎ (2 c, 0 e)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 473/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 71
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 712-3
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 53-4
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