धी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধী (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
• ধী (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဓီ (Burmese script)
• ધી (Gujarati script)
• ਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಧೀ (Kannada script)
• ធី (Khmer script)
• ຘີ (Lao script)
• ധീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଧୀ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ධී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚯 (Takri script)
• தீ⁴ (Tamil script)
• ధీ (Telugu script)
• ธี (Thai script)
• དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰíH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰíH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰíh₂, zero-grade of *dʰeyh₂- (“mind, thought”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dȋvo (“miracle”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱíː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː/

Root

धी • (dhī)

1. to perceive, think, reflect
2. wish, desire

Derived terms

• धी (dhī́, “thought, reflection, meditation”)
• धीकर्मन् (dhīkarman, “object of thought”)
• धीति (dhītí, “thought, idea”)
• धीदा (dhīdā, “intelligence, understanding”)
• धीमत् (dhī́mat, “intelligent, wise”)
• धीयसान (dhīyasāna, “attentive, mindful”)
• धीयाम्पति (dhīyāmpati, “'lord of the thoughts'”)
• धीयायते (dhīyāyate, “be attentive or devout”)
• धीयायु (dhīyāyu, “thoughtful, devout”)
• धीर (dhīra, “intelligent, skilful, clever”)
• धीवन् (dhī́van, “skilful, clever”)
• धीवर (dhīvara, “a clever man”)

 

Noun

धी • (dhī́) stem, f

1. thought, (especially) religious thought,
2. reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer (pl. Holy Thoughts personified)
3. (in the plural) Holy Thoughts personified
4. understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu), knowledge, science, art
5. mind, disposition, intention, design
6. notion, opinion

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of धी (dhī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धीः dhī́ḥ	धियौ dhíyau	धियः dhíyaḥ
Vocative	धीः dhī́ḥ	धियौ dhíyau	धियः dhíyaḥ
Accusative	धियम् dhíyam	धियौ dhíyau	धियः dhíyaḥ
Instrumental	धिया dhiyā́	धीभ्याम् dhībhyā́m	धीभिः dhībhíḥ
Dative	धिये / धियै¹ dhiyé / dhiyaí¹	धीभ्याम् dhībhyā́m	धीभ्यः dhībhyáḥ
Ablative	धियः / धियाः¹ / धियै² dhiyáḥ / dhiyā́ḥ¹ / dhiyaí²	धीभ्याम् dhībhyā́m	धीभ्यः dhībhyáḥ
Genitive	धियः / धियाः¹ / धियै² dhiyáḥ / dhiyā́ḥ¹ / dhiyaí²	धियोः dhiyóḥ	धियाम् / धीनाम्¹ dhiyā́m / dhīnā́m¹
Locative	धियि / धियाम्¹ dhiyí / dhiyā́m¹	धियोः dhiyóḥ	धीषु dhīṣú
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0516.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 83
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धी”, 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