धाव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধাৱ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬵᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধাব্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰯𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀸𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓာဝ် (Burmese script)
• ધાવ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਾਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌾𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦴꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂰𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧಾವ್ (Kannada script)
• ធាវ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘາວ຺ (Lao script)
• ധാവ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘰𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠸ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧑𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐵𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧାଵ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢵꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆳𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖯𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධාව් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩛𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚭𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
• த⁴ாவ் (Tamil script)
• ధావ్ (Telugu script)
• ธาวฺ (Thai script)
• དྷཱ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒰𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨊𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰā́w, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰā́w, from *dʰew- (“to run, flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέω (théō), Persian دویدن (davidan).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑːʋ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑːʋ/

Root

धाव् • (dhāv)

1. to run, flow, stream, move, glide, swim
2. to run after
3. to run towards
4. to run to and fro
5. to run away, flee
6. to advance or rush against

Derived terms

• दाधाव्यते (dādhāvyate)
• धावति (dhāvati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धाव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page {{{1}}}
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 789-790