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दी

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪iː/

Noun edit

दी • (dī) f

  1. elder sister
    Synonyms: दीदी (dīdī), जीजी (jījī)

Verb edit

दी • (dī)

  1. inflection of देना (denā):
    1. feminine singular perfective participle
    2. feminine singular perfect indicative

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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine, be bright”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῆλος (dêlos, “visible, conspicuous”) and possibly Lithuanian dìdis (“large”).

Root edit

दी • (dī)

  1. to shine, be bright
  2. to excel, please, be admired
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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase (away)”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῐ́ω (díō, “flee”), Lithuanian dainà (“song”).

Root edit

दी • (dī)

  1. to soar, fly

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0480.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दी”, 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 074
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दी”, 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
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