दृष्टि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɾɪʂ.ʈiː/, [d̪ɾɪʃ.ʈiː]

Noun

दृष्टि • (dŕṣṭi) f (Urdu spelling درشٹی‎)

1. vision, sight

   वह दृष्टि से ओझल हो गया। ― vah dŕṣṭi se ojhal ho gayā. ― He was out of sight.

Declension

Declension of दृष्टि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दृष्टि dŕṣṭi	दृष्टियाँ dŕṣṭiyā̃
oblique	दृष्टि dŕṣṭi	दृष्टियों dŕṣṭiyõ
vocative	दृष्टि dŕṣṭi	दृष्टियो dŕṣṭiyo

Synonyms

• नज़र (nazar)

Derived terms

• दृष्टिभ्रम (dŕṣṭibhram)
• दृष्टिपटल (dŕṣṭipṭal)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “दृष्टि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dŕ̥ṣṭiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dŕ̥štiš, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥ḱtis. Synchronically analysable as दृश् (dṛś) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dŕ̩ʂ.ʈi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪r̩ʂ.ʈi/

Noun

दृष्टि • (dṛ́ṣṭi) f

1. seeing, viewing, beholding (also with the mental eye) (Br. Up. etc.)
2. the faculty of seeing, sight, eyesight, vision (ŚBr. Mn. Suśr. etc.)
3. the mind's eye, wisdom, intelligence (BhP. L.)
4. regard, consideration (L.)
5. view, notion (Bhag. Kap.)
6. (Buddhism) a wrong view; an invalid perspective

   आत्मदृष्टि (ātmadṛṣṭi): the view on the self, the (problematic) view that the self exists, the holding onto a self

7. theory, doctrine, system (Jātakam.)
8. eye, look, glance (Mn. MBh. Kāv. etc.)

   दृष्टिं दा (dṛṣṭiṃ dā) (with locative): “turn the eye to, look at”

9. the pupil of the eye (Suśr.)
10. aspect of the stars

    शुभदृष्टि (śubhadṛṣṭi): “of auspicious aspect, beautiful”

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of दृष्टि (dṛ́ṣṭi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दृष्टिः dṛ́ṣṭiḥ	दृष्टी dṛ́ṣṭī	दृष्टयः dṛ́ṣṭayaḥ
Vocative	दृष्टे dṛ́ṣṭe	दृष्टी dṛ́ṣṭī	दृष्टयः dṛ́ṣṭayaḥ
Accusative	दृष्टिम् dṛ́ṣṭim	दृष्टी dṛ́ṣṭī	दृष्टीः dṛ́ṣṭīḥ
Instrumental	दृष्ट्या dṛ́ṣṭyā	दृष्टिभ्याम् dṛ́ṣṭibhyām	दृष्टिभिः dṛ́ṣṭibhiḥ
Dative	दृष्टये / दृष्ट्ये¹ / दृष्ट्यै² dṛ́ṣṭaye / dṛ́ṣṭye¹ / dṛ́ṣṭyai²	दृष्टिभ्याम् dṛ́ṣṭibhyām	दृष्टिभ्यः dṛ́ṣṭibhyaḥ
Ablative	दृष्टेः / दृष्ट्याः² dṛ́ṣṭeḥ / dṛ́ṣṭyāḥ²	दृष्टिभ्याम् dṛ́ṣṭibhyām	दृष्टिभ्यः dṛ́ṣṭibhyaḥ
Genitive	दृष्टेः / दृष्ट्याः² dṛ́ṣṭeḥ / dṛ́ṣṭyāḥ²	दृष्ट्योः dṛ́ṣṭyoḥ	दृष्टीनाम् dṛ́ṣṭīnām
Locative	दृष्टौ / दृष्ट्याम्² dṛ́ṣṭau / dṛ́ṣṭyām²	दृष्ट्योः dṛ́ṣṭyoḥ	दृष्टिषु dṛ́ṣṭiṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Descendants

• → Punjabi: ਡਿੱਠ (ḍiṭṭha), ਦਿੱਠ (diṭṭha)
• → Hindi: दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi)
• → Bengali: দৃষ্টি (driśṭi)
• → Telugu: దృష్టి (dr̥ṣṭi)
• ⇒ Tocharian B: ātmadṛṣṭi

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दृष्टि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0492.