दर्वि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दर्वी (dárvī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দৰ্বি (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬃᬯᬶ (Balinese script)
• দর্বি (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဒရွိ (Burmese script)
• દર્વિ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਰ੍ਵਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦂꦮꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ದರ್ವಿ (Kannada script)
• ទវ៌ិ (Khmer script)
• ທຣ຺ວິ (Lao script)
• ദര്വി (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᡵᠣᠸᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠷᠸᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଦର୍ଵି (Odia script)
• ꢣꢬ꣄ꢮꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖰 (Siddham script)
• දර්‍වි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
• த³ர்வி (Tamil script)
• దర్వి (Telugu script)
• ทรฺวิ (Thai script)
• ད་རྭི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From दार्व् (dārv, “wooden, made of or coming from wood”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *derw- (“wood, tree; solid, enduring”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́ɾ.ʋi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐɾ.ʋi/

Noun

दर्वि • (dárvi) stem, f

1. a spoon (generally bigger than a चमस (camasa))
2. a ladle

   Synonyms: दर्विका (darvikā), दर्वा (darvā), दर्वी (darvī)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of दर्वि (dárvi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दर्विः dárviḥ	दर्वी dárvī	दर्वयः dárvayaḥ
Vocative	दर्वे dárve	दर्वी dárvī	दर्वयः dárvayaḥ
Accusative	दर्विम् dárvim	दर्वी dárvī	दर्वीः dárvīḥ
Instrumental	दर्व्या / दर्वी¹ dárvyā / dárvī¹	दर्विभ्याम् dárvibhyām	दर्विभिः dárvibhiḥ
Dative	दर्वये / दर्व्यै² / दर्वी¹ dárvaye / dárvyai² / dárvī¹	दर्विभ्याम् dárvibhyām	दर्विभ्यः dárvibhyaḥ
Ablative	दर्वेः / दर्व्याः² / दर्व्यै³ dárveḥ / dárvyāḥ² / dárvyai³	दर्विभ्याम् dárvibhyām	दर्विभ्यः dárvibhyaḥ
Genitive	दर्वेः / दर्व्याः² / दर्व्यै³ dárveḥ / dárvyāḥ² / dárvyai³	दर्व्योः dárvyoḥ	दर्वीणाम् dárvīṇām
Locative	दर्वौ / दर्व्याम्² / दर्वा¹ dárvau / dárvyām² / dárvā¹	दर्व्योः dárvyoḥ	दर्विषु dárviṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• दर्विका (darvikā)

Related terms

• दर्वा (darvā)
• द्रोण (dróṇa, “wooden vessel”)
• द्रुम (druma, “tree”)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: دور (dori)
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Prasuni: dur
    • Waigali: dur
• Pali: dabbī
• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻 (davvī)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: dabiyā, ḍabbū, ḍabuā, dabbā, dabbū
        • Hindi: दबिया, डब्बू, डबुआ, दब्बा, दब्बू
        • Urdu: دَبِیَہ (dabiya), ڈَبُّو (ḍabbū), ڈَبُءَہ (ḍabu'a), دَبَّہ (dabba), دَبُّو (dabbū)
          • → Dhivehi: ދަބު (dabu)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: ডাব (dabo)
      • Bihari: दाबी (dābī), दाबा (dābā)
        • Maithili: दाब (dāb), दबिया (dabiyā), दाबि (dābɨ)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: डबको (ḍabko)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: ḍābbī

          Gurmukhi script: ਡਾੱਬੀ

          Shahmukhi script: ڈَابِّی

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Sinhalese: දැවිය (dæwiya)
• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻~𑀮𑁆𑀮
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: dabīlā
        • Hindi: दबीला
        • Urdu: دَبِیلَہ (dabīla)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bihari: दबिला (dabilā)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: डाब्लो (dāblo)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: दाबिलो (dābilo)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “darvi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 355
• Monier Williams (1899) “दर्वि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 470, column 3.