दृह्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दर्ह् (darh), दृंह् (dṛṃh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দৃহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬺᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দৃহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰴𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀾𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒၖဟ် (Burmese script)
• દૃહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਰਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍃𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦽꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑃂𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದೃಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ទ្ឫហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ຣິຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ദൃഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡵᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘵𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠷᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧖𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐺𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦୃହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢺꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆸𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖴𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දෘහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩙𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்³ரிஹ் (Tamil script)
• దృహ్ (Telugu script)
• ทฺฤหฺ (Thai script)
• དྲྀ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒵𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰarjʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *delǵʰ (“to hold”) or *dʰerǵʰ- (“to be firm, strong, tough, hard”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дръжати (drŭžati, “to hold”), Lithuanian dir̃žti (“to harden, become tough”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dar^əzaiieⁱti, “to attach”), English dry, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tulgjan, “to reinforce, establish”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dr̩ɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪r̩ɦ/

Root

दृह् • (dṛh)

1. to make firm, fix, strengthen
2. to be firm or strong
3. to grow

Derived terms

• अददृहन्त (adadṛhanta)
• ददर्ह (dadarha)
• ददृंह (dadṛṃha)
• दर्हति (darhati)
• दादृहाण (dādṛhāṇa)
• दृंहति (dṛṃhati)
• दृंहते (dṛṃhate)
• दृंहन्तम् (dṛṃhantam)
• दृंहयति (dṛṃhayati)
• दृंहयते (dṛṃhayate)
• दृंहामहै (dṛṃhāmahai)
• दृंहेथे (dṛṃhethe)
• दृढ (dṛḍha)
• दृह्य (dṛhya)
• दृह्यस्व (dṛhyasva)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दृह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 490/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 78
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 706-7; 742
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 135-6