द्रा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দ্ৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬤ᭄ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• দ্রা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒြာ (Burmese script)
• દ્રા (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦿꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದ್ರಾ (Kannada script)
• ទ្រា (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ຣາ (Lao script)
• ദ്രാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ରା (Odia script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ද්‍රා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• த்³ரா (Tamil script)
• ద్రా (Telugu script)
• ทฺรา (Thai script)
• དྲཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɾɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ɾɑː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run”); compare Ancient Greek αποδιδράσκω (apodidráskō, “to depart secretly, escape”).

Root

द्रा • (drā)

1. to run, make haste

Derived terms

• द्राति (drāti, “run”)
• दरिद्र (daridra, “running hither and thither, in need or poor”)
• द्राक् (drāk, “quickly, speedily”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to sleep”); compare Latin dormiō (“to sleep”).

Root

द्रा • (drā)

1. to sleep

Derived terms

• अद्रासीत् (adrāsīt)
• द्राति (drāti)
• द्रायति (drāyati)
• द्रास्यति (drāsyati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्रा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0501/2, 0502/3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “द्रा”, 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 079
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “द्रा”, 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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 757-8

• 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 398
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 127
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0204, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0204