दीव्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *diHw- ~ *dyuH- (“to endeavour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬛𐬍𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬍 (ādīuuiieⁱṇtī, “to endeavour”), Ossetian ӕндеун (ændewn), ӕндиуын (ændiwyn, “to dare”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díːʋ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪iːʋ/

Noun

दीव् • (dī́v) stem, f

1. gambling, game of dice
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.85.8:

     कितवासो यद्रिरिपुर्न दीवि यद्वा घा सत्यमुत यन्न विद्म ।
     सर्वा ता वि ष्य शिथिरेव देवाधा ते स्याम वरुण प्रियासः ॥

     kitavāso yadriripurna dīvi yadvā ghā satyamuta yanna vidma .
     sarvā tā vi ṣya śithireva devādhā te syāma varuṇa priyāsaḥ .

     If we, as gamesters cheat at play, have cheated, done wrong unwittingly or sinned of purpose,
     Cast all these sins away like loosened fetters, and, Varuṇa let us be thine own beloved.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Declension of दीव्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-	-	-
Vocative	-	-	-
Accusative	द्युवम् (dyúvam)	-	-
Instrumental	-	-	-
Dative	दीवे (dīvé), द्युवे (dyuvé)	-	-
Ablative	-	-	-
Genitive	-	-	-
Locative	दीवि (dīví)	-	-

Related terms

• द्यूत (dyūta)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दीव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0479/3.