दह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒဟ် (Burmese script)
• દહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ទហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ദഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• த³ஹ் (Tamil script)
• దహ్ (Telugu script)
• ทหฺ (Thai script)
• ད་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐɦ/

Root

दह् • (dah)

1. to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast
2. to cauterize
3. to consume, destroy completely
4. to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve
5. to be burnt, burn, be in flames
6. to be consumed by fire or destroyed
7. to be inflamed (a wound)
8. to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed
9. to cause to be cooked

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दह्‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• दहति (dáhati, Present)
• धक्ष्यति (dhakṣyáti, Future)
• दग्धा (dagdhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अधाक्षीत् (ádhākṣīt, Aorist)
• दह्यात् (dahyā́t, Benedictive)
• ददाह (dadā́ha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दह्यते (dahyáte, Passive)
• अदाहि (ádāhi, Passive)
• दाहयति (dāháyati, Causative)
• अदीदहत् (ádīdahat, Causative)
• दिधक्षति (didhakṣati, Desiderative)
• दन्दहीति (dandahīti, Intensive)
• दन्दह्यते (dandahyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दग्धुम् (dágdhum, Infinitive)
• दग्धोस् (dágdhos, Infinitive)
• दग्ध्वा (dagdhvā́, Gerund)
• दग्ध (dagdhá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• दाह (dā́ha)
• दहन (dáhana)
• दिधक्षा (didhakṣā)
• दिधक्षु (didhakṣu)

Descendants

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

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 473/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 71
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 712-3
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 53-4