दिव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দিৱ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬶᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দিব্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰰𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒိဝ် (Burmese script)
• દિવ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਿਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦶꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂱𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದಿವ್ (Kannada script)
• ទិវ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທິວ຺ (Lao script)
• ദിവ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᠸ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘱𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧒𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐶𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦିଵ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢶꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆴𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖰𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දිව් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚮𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
• தி³வ் (Tamil script)
• దివ్ (Telugu script)
• ทิวฺ (Thai script)
• དི་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒱𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *diHw- ~ *dyuH- (“to endeavour”), see further दीव् (dīv).

Root

दिव् • (div)

1. to cast, throw (a dice)
2. to gamble
3. to play, sport
4. to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad
5. to sleep
6. to wish for
7. to spread, increase
8. to go

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दिव्‎ (1 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• दीव्यति (dī́vyati, Present)

Secondary Forms

• दिदेविषति (dideviṣati, Desiderative)
• दुद्यूषति (dudyūṣati, Desiderative)
• देदिवीति (dedivīti, Intensive)
• देद्येति (dedyeti, Intensive)
• देदेति (dedeti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• देवितुम् (dévitum, Infinitive)
• देवित्वा (devitvā́, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• द्यु (dyú)
• दिव (divá)
• दिवन् (divan)
• दिवस (divasa)
• दिव्य (divyá)
• दीव् (dī́v)
• देव (devá)
• देवन (devana)
• देवक (devaka)
• देविन् (devin)
• द्यूत (dyūtá)
• द्युम्न (dyumná)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

दिव् • (div)

1. to cause to lament, to pain
2. to ask, beg
3. to go
4. to suffer pain

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दिव्‎ (1 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

Derived Nominal Forms

• देवति (devati)
• देवयति (devayati)
• देवन (devana)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-, see further द्यु (dyu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díʋ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iʋ/

Root

दिव् • (div)

1. to shine

Noun

दिव् • (dív) stem, m or f

1. Alternative form of द्यु (dyú)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 478.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “div”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दिव्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिव्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press