दर्वि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

दर्वी (dárvī)

Alternative scripts

দৰ্বি (Assamese script)
ᬤᬃᬯᬶ (Balinese script)
দর্বি (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဒရွိ (Burmese script)
દર્વિ (Gujarati script)
ਦਰ੍ਵਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦂꦮꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ದರ್ವಿ (Kannada script)
ទវ៌ិ (Khmer script)
ທຣ຺ວິ (Lao script)
ദര്വി (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠᡵᠣᠸᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠᠷᠸᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐶 (Newa script)
ଦର୍ଵି (Odia script)
ꢣꢬ꣄ꢮꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖰 (Siddham script)
දර්‍වි (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
த³ர்வி (Tamil script)
దర్వి (Telugu script)
ทรฺวิ (Thai script)
ད་རྭི (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From दार्व् (dārv, “wooden, made of or coming from wood”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *derw- (“wood, tree; solid, enduring”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́ɾ.ʋi/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐɾ.ʋi/

Noun

दर्वि॑ • (dárvi) stem, f

a spoon (generally bigger than a चमस (camasa))
a ladle
Synonyms: दर्विका (darvikā), दर्वा (darvā), दर्वी (darvī)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of दर्वि॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दर्विः॑ (dárviḥ)	दर्वी॑ (dárvī)	दर्व॑यः (dárvayaḥ)
accusative	दर्वि॑म् (dárvim)	दर्वी॑ (dárvī)	दर्वीः॑ (dárvīḥ)
instrumental	दर्व्या॑ (dárvyā) दर्वी॑¹ (dárvī¹)	दर्वि॑भ्याम् (dárvibhyām)	दर्वि॑भिः (dárvibhiḥ)
dative	दर्व॑ये (dárvaye) दर्व्यै॑² (dárvyai²) दर्वी॑¹ (dárvī¹)	दर्वि॑भ्याम् (dárvibhyām)	दर्वि॑भ्यः (dárvibhyaḥ)
ablative	दर्वेः॑ (dárveḥ) दर्व्याः॑² (dárvyāḥ²) दर्व्यै॑³ (dárvyai³)	दर्वि॑भ्याम् (dárvibhyām)	दर्वि॑भ्यः (dárvibhyaḥ)
genitive	दर्वेः॑ (dárveḥ) दर्व्याः॑² (dárvyāḥ²) दर्व्यै॑³ (dárvyai³)	दर्व्योः॑ (dárvyoḥ)	दर्वी॑णाम् (dárvīṇām)
locative	दर्वौ॑ (dárvau) दर्व्या॑म्² (dárvyām²) दर्वा॑¹ (dárvā¹)	दर्व्योः॑ (dárvyoḥ)	दर्वि॑षु (dárviṣu)
vocative	दर्वे॑ (dárve)	दर्वी॑ (dárvī)	दर्व॑यः (dárvayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

दर्विका (darvikā)

Related terms

दर्वा (darvā)
द्रोण (dróṇa, “wooden vessel”)
द्रुम (druma, “tree”)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Khowar: دور (dori)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Prasuni: dur
  - Waigali: dur
Pali: dabbī
Prakrit: 𑀤𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻 (davvī)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: dabiyā, ḍabbū, ḍabuā, dabbā, dabbū
      - Hindi: दबिया, डब्बू, डबुआ, दब्बा, दब्बू
      - Urdu: دَبِیَہ (dabiya), ڈَبُّو (ḍabbū), ڈَبُءَہ (ḍabu'a), دَبَّہ (dabba), دَبُّو (dabbū)
        → Dhivehi: ދަބު (dabu)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: ডাব (dabo)
    - Bihari: दाबी (dābī), दाबा (dābā)
      - Maithili: दाब (dāb), दबिया (dabiyā), दाबि (dābɨ)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: डबको (ḍabko)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: ḍābbī
        Gurmukhi script: ਡਾੱਬੀ
        
        Shahmukhi script: ڈَابِّی
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Sinhalese: දැවිය (dæwiya)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: डाव (ḍāv), डवला (ḍavlā), डवली (ḍavlī),
Prakrit: 𑀤𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻~𑀮𑁆𑀮
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: dabīlā
      - Hindi: दबीला
      - Urdu: دَبِیلَہ (dabīla)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bihari: दबिला (dabilā)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: डाब्लो (dāblo)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: दाबिलो (dābilo)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “darvi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 355
Monier Williams (1899), “दर्वि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 470, column 3.