दिश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (to point out, show). Cognates include Ancient Greek δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi, show, point out), δεῖγμᾰ (deîgma, sample, pattern) whence English paradigm, Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, custom; order, law), Latin dicō and dictum whence English dictate etc., Latin index (pointer, indicator), Latin digitus (pointer, finger), English token and teach.

Pronunciation

Root

दिश् • (diś)

  1. to point out, show, exhibit
  2. to produce, bring forward (as witness in court)
  3. to assign, grant
  4. to order, command

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0479.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिश्”, 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 073
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दिश्”, 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] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 727; 744-746
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