दी

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪iː/

Noun

दी • (dī) f

1. elder sister

   Synonyms: दीदी (dīdī), जीजी (jījī)

Verb

दी • (dī)

1. inflection of देना (denā):
   1. feminine singular perfective participle
   2. feminine singular perfect indicative

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দী (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬷ (Balinese script)
• দী (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဒီ (Burmese script)
• દી (Gujarati script)
• ਦੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ದೀ (Kannada script)
• ទី (Khmer script)
• ທີ (Lao script)
• ദീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଦୀ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖱 (Siddham script)
• දී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚯 (Takri script)
• தீ³ (Tamil script)
• దీ (Telugu script)
• ที (Thai script)
• དཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /diː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine, be bright”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῆλος (dêlos, “visible, conspicuous”) and possibly Lithuanian dìdis (“large”).

Root

दी • (dī)

1. to shine, be bright
2. to excel, please, be admired

Derived terms

• दीति (dīti, “splendor, brightness”)

 

See also

• दिव् (div)
• दीप् (dīp)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase (away)”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῐ́ω (díō, “flee”), Lithuanian dainà (“song”).

Root

दी • (dī)

1. to soar, fly

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0480.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दी”, 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 074
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दी”, 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

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 108
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0183, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0183