दृह्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • दर्ह् (darh), दृंह् (dṛṃh)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • দৃহ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬤᬺᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • দৃহ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰟𑰴𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀤𑀾𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဒၖဟ် (Burmese script)
  • દૃહ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਦ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌦𑍃𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦢꦽꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂠𑃂𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ದೃಹ್ (Kannada script)
  • ទ្ឫហ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ທ຺ຣິຫ຺ (Lao script)
  • ദൃഹ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡩᡵᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘟𑘵𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠷᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦿𑧖𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐡𑐺𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଦୃହ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢣꢺꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆢𑆸𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖟𑖴𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • දෘහ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩭𑩙𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚛𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
  • த்³ரிஹ் (Tamil script)
  • దృహ్ (Telugu script)
  • ทฺฤหฺ (Thai script)
  • དྲྀ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒠𑒵𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨛𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰarjʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *delǵʰ (“to hold”) or *dʰerǵʰ- (“to be firm, strong, tough, hard”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дръжати (drŭžati, “to hold”), Lithuanian dir̃žti (“to harden, become tough”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (darəzaiieiti, “to attach”), English dry, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tulgjan, “to reinforce, establish”).

Pronunciation

Root

दृह् • (dṛh)

  1. to make firm, fix, strengthen
  2. to be firm or strong
  3. to grow

Derived terms
  • अददृहन्त (adadṛhanta)
  • ददर्ह (dadarha)
  • ददृंह (dadṛṃha)
  • दर्हति (darhati)
  • दादृहाण (dādṛhāṇa)
  • दृंहति (dṛṃhati)
  • दृंहते (dṛṃhate)
  • दृंहन्तम् (dṛṃhantam)
  • दृंहयति (dṛṃhayati)
  • दृंहयते (dṛṃhayate)
  • दृंहामहै (dṛṃhāmahai)
  • दृंहेथे (dṛṃhethe)
  • दृढ (dṛḍha)
  • दृह्य (dṛhya)
  • दृह्यस्व (dṛhyasva)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “दृह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 490/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 78
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 706-7; 742
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 135-6
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