दा

Dogri

Etymology

Compare Punjabi ਦਾ (dā).

Particle

दा (dā) (oblique दे, feminine दी)

1. of: genitive particle

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• দা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒါ (Burmese script)
• દા (Gujarati script)
• ਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದಾ (Kannada script)
• ទា (Khmer script)
• ທາ (Lao script)
• ദാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
• த³ா (Tamil script)
• దా (Telugu script)
• ทา (Thai script)
• དཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-

Sanskrit दा

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

Alternative forms

• दद् (dad)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː/

Noun

दा • (dā́) stem, m

1. a giver

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of दा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दाः (dā́ḥ)	दौ (dáu) दा¹ (dā́¹)	दाः (dā́ḥ)
accusative	दाम् (dā́m)	दौ (dáu) दा¹ (dā́¹)	दाः (dā́ḥ) दः² (dáḥ²)
instrumental	दा (dā́)	दाभ्या॑म् (dā́bhyām)	दाभिः॑ (dā́bhiḥ)
dative	दे (dé)	दाभ्या॑म् (dā́bhyām)	दाभ्यः॑ (dā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	दः (dáḥ)	दाभ्या॑म् (dā́bhyām)	दाभ्यः॑ (dā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	दः (dáḥ)	दोः (dóḥ)	दाना॑म् (dā́nām) दाम्² (dā́m²)
locative	दि (dí)	दोः (dóḥ)	दासु॑ (dā́su)
vocative	दाः (dā́ḥ)	दौ (dáu) दा¹ (dā́¹)	दाः (dā́ḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Perhaps
• In practice, this declension only occurs in early Vedic
  and is later replaced by a-stem declension.

Root

दा • (dā)

1. to give

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• ददा॑ति (dádāti, present)
• दद॑ति (dádati, present)
• दाति॑ (dā́ti, present)
• दा॒स्यति॑ (dāsyáti, future)
• दा॒ता (dātā́, periphrastic future)
• द॒दि॒ता (daditā́, periphrastic future)
• अदा॑त् (ádāt, aorist)
• अदि॑त (ádita, aorist)
• आद॑त् (ā́dat, aorist)
• अदि॑षत (ádiṣata, aorist)
• दे॒यात् (deyā́t, benedictive)
• द॒दौ (dadáu, perfect)

Secondary forms

• दी॒यते॑ (dīyáte, passive)
• अदा॑यि (ádāyi, passive aorist)
• दा॒पय॑ति (dāpáyati, causative)
• अदी॑ददत् (ádīdadat, causative aorist)
• दित्स॑ति (dítsati, desiderative)
• दादाति (dādāti, intensive)
• दादेति (dādeti, intensive)
• देदीयते (dedīyate, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• दा॒त (dātá, past participle)
• द॒त्त (dattá, past participle)
• दि॒त (ditá, past participle)
• द॒दि॒त (daditá, past participle)
• दायमान (dāyamāna, mediopassive participle)
• द॒द्यमा॑न (dadyámāna, mediopassive participle)
• दातु॑म् (dā́tum, infinitive)
• दात॑वे (dā́tave, infinitive)
• दा॒त॒वै (dātavái, infinitive)
• दातो॑स् (dā́tos, infinitive)
• दावने (dāvane, infinitive)
• दाम॑ने (dā́mane, infinitive)
• द॒त्त्वा (dattvā́, gerund)
• द॒त्त्वाय॑ (dattvā́ya, gerund)
• दाय॑ (dā́ya, gerund)
• दद्य (dadya, gerund)
• देय॑ (déya, gerundive)
• दातव्य (dātavya, gerundive)
• दि॒त्सु (ditsú, desiderative participle)

Derived nominal forms

• दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation”)
• दान (dāná, “the act of giving”)
• दातृ (dā́tṛ,dātṛ́, “giver, donor”)
• दत्त (dattá, “gift, donation”)
• दाक (dāka, “donor, sacrificer”)
• दा (dā́, “giving, granting”)
• दा (dā́, “giver, grantor, donor”)
• दामन् (dā́man, “gift”)
• दामन् (dāmán, “giver, grantor, donor”)
• द (da, “giving, granting, offering”)
• द (da, “gift”)
• दारु (dāru, “liberal”)
• दावन् (dāván, “(dative) in order to give or receive; giving, granting”)
• दाय (dāya, “present, donation; handing-over”)
• देय (déya, “giving; gift; tax, tribute”)
• दित्सा (ditsā́, “desire or intention to give”)
• दिदित्सु (diditsu, “ready to give or sacrifice”)
• ददि (dadí, “giving, bestowing”)
• ददितृ (daditṛ́, “giver; preserver”)
• ददाति (dadāti, “gift”)
• दत्त्र (dáttra, “(Indra's) gift”)
• दिति (díti, “distributing, liberality”)

Prefixed root forms

• अतिदा (atidā)
• अनुदा (anudā)
• अभिदा (abhidā)
• आदा (ādā)
• उपदा (upadā)
• परिदा (paridā)
• प्रतिदा (pratidā)
• प्रदा (pradā)
• संदा (saṃdā)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 15 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (15 c, 0 e)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 473, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899), “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, pages 71-72

• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दा”, 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
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 105-6
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 223-5

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *daH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː/

Root

दा • (dā)

1. to cut, cut off
2. to divide, mow, reap

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• दाति॑ (dā́ti, present)
• दा॒स्यति॑ (dāsyáti, future)
• दा॒ता (dātā́, periphrastic future)
• अदा॑त् (ádāt, aorist)
• दे॒यात् (deyā́t, benedictive)
• द॒दौ (dadáu, perfect)

Secondary forms

• दी॒यते॑ (dīyáte, passive)
• दा॒पय॑ति (dāpáyati, causative)
• दित्सति (ditsati, desiderative)
• दिदासति (didāsati, desiderative)
• दादाति (dādāti, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• दि॒न (diná, past participle)
• दि॒त (ditá, past participle)
• दा॒त (dātá, past participle)
• द॒त्त (dattá, past participle)

Derived nominal forms

• दान (dā́na, “cutting off, splitting, dividing”)
• दाति (dāti, “sickle, scythe”)
• दातु (dā́tu, “part, division, allotted portion”)
• दातु (dā́tu, “divisible”)
• दातृ (dātṛ́, “mowing, mower”)
• दात्र (dā́tra, “sickle, a sort of crooked knife”)
• दात्र (dātrá, “allotted portion, share, possession”)
• दिति (díti, “cutting, splitting, division”)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 15 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (15 c, 0 e)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899), “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*deH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 175

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₁- (“to bind”).

Root

दा • (dā)

1. to bind

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• द्यति (dyati, present)

Non-finite forms

• दित (dita, past participle)

Derived nominal forms

• अदि॑ति (áditi)
• दाम॑न् (dā́man)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 15 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (15 c, 0 e)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102