धराशायी
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- धराशाई (dharāśāī), धराशाही (dharāśāhī) — nonstandard[1]
Etymology
[edit]Sanskritic formation from धरा (dharā, “the earth”) + शायी (śāyī, “sleeping, lying down”, from Sanskrit शायिन् (śāyin)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]धराशायी • (dharāśāyī) (feminine धराशायिनी)
- lying, sleeping or resting on the earth
- fallen to the ground
- fallen (killed in battle)
- razed to the ground, laid low
Synonyms
[edit]- भूतलशायी (bhūtalśāyī)
Derived terms
[edit]- धराशायी करना (dharāśāyī karnā)
References
[edit]- ^ Kala Nath Shastry (2010) [2002] मानक हिन्दी का स्वरूप (in Hindi), Radhakrishna Prakashan, page 111: “मैंने अखबारों और पुस्तकों में भी धराशायी की बजाय धराशाई या धराशाही छपा देखा है। दोनों गलत हैं।”
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “धराशायी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “धराशायी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha