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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dítiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dítiš, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (to share, divide).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

दिति (díti) stemf

  1. distributing, dividing, splitting, cutting
  2. (figuratively) liberality

Declension edit

Feminine i-stem declension of दिति (díti)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दितिः
dítiḥ
दिती
dítī
दितयः
dítayaḥ
Vocative दिते
díte
दिती
dítī
दितयः
dítayaḥ
Accusative दितिम्
dítim
दिती
dítī
दितीः
dítīḥ
Instrumental दित्या / दिती¹
dítyā / dítī¹
दितिभ्याम्
dítibhyām
दितिभिः
dítibhiḥ
Dative दितये / दित्यै² / दिती¹
dítaye / dítyai² / dítī¹
दितिभ्याम्
dítibhyām
दितिभ्यः
dítibhyaḥ
Ablative दितेः / दित्याः²
díteḥ / dítyāḥ²
दितिभ्याम्
dítibhyām
दितिभ्यः
dítibhyaḥ
Genitive दितेः / दित्याः²
díteḥ / dítyāḥ²
दित्योः
dítyoḥ
दितीनाम्
dítīnām
Locative दितौ / दित्याम्² / दिता¹
dítau / dítyām² / dítā¹
दित्योः
dítyoḥ
दितिषु
dítiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

दिति (diti) stemf

  1. (Hinduism) Wife of Kashyapa and the mother of Daityas
  2. the star Pollux

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899), “दिति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0477.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दिति”, 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 072
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दिति”, 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