धारयति

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 20 February 2020

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধাৰয়তি (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬵᬭᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ধারয়তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰯𑰨𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဓာရယတိ (Burmese script)
• ધારયતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਾਰਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦴꦫꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂰𑂩𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಧಾರಯತಿ (Kannada script)
• ធារយតិ (Khmer script)
• ຘາຣຍຕິ (Lao script)
• ധാരയതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘰𑘨𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧑𑧈𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐵𑐬𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଧାରଯତି (Odia script)
• ꢤꢵꢬꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆳𑆫𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖯𑖨𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ධාරයති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩛𑩼𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚭𑚤𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• த⁴ாரயதி (Tamil script)
• ధారయతి (Telugu script)
• ธารยติ (Thai script)
• དྷཱ་ར་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒰𑒩𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨊𑨫𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰor-éyeti. Causative of धरति (dhárati, “to hold, support, seize”), itself from √धृ (dhṛ, “to hold back, stop, restrain”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑː.ɾɐ́.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɑː.ɾɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

धारयति • (dhāráyati) third-singular present indicative (root धृ, class 10, causative)

1. to maintain, to hold
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.13:

     समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।
     सम्प्रेक्षय नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्

     samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ.
     samprekṣaya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan

     Holding the trunk, head and neck straight and steady, remaining firm and fixing the gaze on the tip of his nose without looking in other direction.

2. to practise
3. to undergo, to bear

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: dhār
  • Khowar: [script needed] (darik)
  • Kashmiri: دارُن (dārun)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: දරනවා (daranawā)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Bengali: ধারা (dhara, “to owe”)
  • Odia: ଧାରିବା (dhāribā)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀇 (dhāraï)
• Pali: dhāreti
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dhāredi)
  • Gujarati: ધારવું (dhārvũ, “to consider, suppose”)
  • Hindi: धारना (dhārnā, “to bear”)
  • Punjabi: ਧਾਰਨਾ (dhārnā)
  • Sindhi: ڌَارَڻُ / धारणु (dhāraṇu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धारयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 519.