धृष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধৃষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬺᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধৃষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰴𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀾𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓၖၑ် (Burmese script)
• ધૃષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍃𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦽꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑃂𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧೃಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ធ្ឫឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘ຺ຣິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ധൃഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡵᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘵𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠷᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧖𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐺𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧୃଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢺꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆸𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖴𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධෘෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்⁴ரிஷ் (Tamil script)
• ధృష్ (Telugu script)
• ธฺฤษฺ (Thai script)
• དྷྲྀ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒵𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨼𑨉𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰers- (“to be bold, dare”) from an *-s- extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dьrzъ (“daring”), Ancient Greek θρᾰσῠ́ς (thrasús, “daring, reckless”) and English dare.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱr̩ʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱr̩ʂ/

Root

धृष् • (dhṛṣ)

1. to dare
2. to be bold, courageous or confident

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धृष्‎ (0 c, 2 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• धृष्णोति (dhṛṣṇóti, Present)
• धर्षति (dhárṣati, Present)
• धर्षिष्यति (dharṣiṣyáti, Future)
• धर्षिता (dharṣitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अधृषत् (ádhṛṣat, Aorist)
• दधर्ष (dadhárṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• धृष्यते (dhṛṣyáte, Passive)
• धर्षयति (dharṣáyati, Causative)
• दिधर्षिषति (didharṣiṣati, Desiderative)
• दरीधृष्यते (darīdhṛṣyáte, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• धर्षितुम् (dhárṣitum, Infinitive)
• धर्षित्वा (dharṣitvā́, Gerund)
• धर्षित (dharṣitá, Past Participle)
• धृष्ट (dhṛṣṭá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• धृषु (dhṛṣú, “bold, clever”)
• धार्ष्ट्य (dhārṣṭya)

Descendants

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

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0259.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “धृष्”, 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 085
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धृष्”, 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, pages 278, 282, 369
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 147
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0259, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0259