धाव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধাৱ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬵᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধাব্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰯𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀸𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓာဝ် (Burmese script)
• ધાવ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਾਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌾𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦴꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂰𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧಾವ್ (Kannada script)
• ធាវ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘາວ຺ (Lao script)
• ധാവ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘰𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠸ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧑𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐵𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧାଵ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢵꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆳𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖯𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධාව් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩛𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚭𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
• த⁴ாவ் (Tamil script)
• ధావ్ (Telugu script)
• ธาวฺ (Thai script)
• དྷཱ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒰𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨊𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰā́w, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰā́w, from *dʰew- (“to run, flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέω (théō), Persian دویدن (davidan).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑːʋ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑːʋ/

Root

धाव् • (dhāv)

1. to run, flow, stream, move, glide, swim
2. to run after
3. to run towards
4. to run to and fro
5. to run away, flee
6. to advance or rush against

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धाव्‎ (0 c, 2 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• धावति (dhā́vati, Present)
• धाविष्यति (dhāviṣyáti, Future)
• धाविता (dhāvitā, Periphrastic Future)
• अधावीत् (ádhāvīt, Aorist)
• दधाव (dadhā́va, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• धावयति (dhāváyati, Causative)
• अदधावत् (ádadhāvat, Causative Aorist)
• दिधाविषति (didhāviṣati, Desiderative)
• दाधाव्यते (dādhāvyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• धावित (dhāvitá, Past Participle)
• धौत (dhautá, Past Participle)
• धावित्वा (dhāvitvā, Gerund)
• धाव्य (dhāvya, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• धावक (dhāvaka)
• धाविन् (dhāvin)
• धावन (dhāvana)
• धावितृ (dhāvitṛ)
• धारा (dhārā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धाव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page {{{1}}}
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 789-790