धी

See also: ध

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā

Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)

Prakrit 𑀥𑀻𑀆 (dhīā)

Hindi धी

Inherited from Prakrit धीआ (dhīā), धीदा (dhīdā), from older धीता (dhītā), दुहिता (duhitā), from Sanskrit दुहिता (duhitā). Doublet of दुहिता (duhitā) and दुख़्तर (duxtar).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː/

Noun

धी • (dhī) f (Urdu spelling دھی)

understanding, intelligence
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:बुद्धि
sense
(rare) daughter
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पुत्री

Declension

Declension of धी (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	धी dhī	धियाँ dhiyā̃
oblique	धी dhī	धियों dhiyõ
vocative	धी dhī	धियो dhiyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “धी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ধী (Assamese script)
ᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
ধী (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဓီ (Burmese script)
ધી (Gujarati script)
ਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಧೀ (Kannada script)
ធី (Khmer script)
ຘີ (Lao script)
ധീ (Malayalam script)
ᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
ଧୀ (Odia script)
ꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
ධී (Sinhalese script)
𑩮𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚯 (Takri script)
தீ⁴ (Tamil script)
ధీ (Telugu script)
ธี (Thai script)
དྷཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayH- (“to perceive”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (diδāⁱti, “to see”), Old Persian 𐎮𐎮𐎹 (di-di-y /⁠dīdiy⁠/, “see”, 2nd pers sg imperative), Persian دیدن (didan, “to see”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱíː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː/

Root

धी • (dhī)

to perceive, think, reflect
wish, desire

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

दीधे॑ति (dī́dheti, present)
दी॒धाय॑ (dīdhā́ya, perfect)

Non-finite forms

धी॒त (dhītá, past passive participle)

Derived nominal forms

दीधिति (dī́dhiti)
धियसान (dhiyasāná, “attentive, mindful”)
धी (dhī́, “thought, reflection, meditation”)
धीति (dhītí, “thought, idea”)
धीर (dhī́ra, “intelligent, skilful, clever”)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धी (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root धी (1 c, 0 e)

Noun

धी • (dhī́) stem, f

thought, (especially) religious thought,
reflection, meditation, devotion, prayer
(in the plural) Holy Thoughts personified
understanding, intelligence, wisdom (personified as the wife of Rudra-Manyu), knowledge, science, art
mind, disposition, intention, design
notion, opinion

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of धी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धीः (dhī́ḥ)	धियौ॑ (dhíyau) धिया॑¹ (dhíyā¹)	धियः॑ (dhíyaḥ)
accusative	धिय॑म् (dhíyam)	धियौ॑ (dhíyau) धिया॑¹ (dhíyā¹)	धियः॑ (dhíyaḥ)
instrumental	धि॒या (dhiyā́)	धी॒भ्याम् (dhībhyā́m)	धी॒भिः (dhībhíḥ)
dative	धि॒ये (dhiyé) धि॒यै² (dhiyái²)	धी॒भ्याम् (dhībhyā́m)	धी॒भ्यः (dhībhyáḥ)
ablative	धि॒यः (dhiyáḥ) धि॒याः² (dhiyā́ḥ²)	धी॒भ्याम् (dhībhyā́m)	धी॒भ्यः (dhībhyáḥ)
genitive	धि॒यः (dhiyáḥ) धि॒याः² (dhiyā́ḥ²)	धि॒योः (dhiyóḥ)	धि॒याम् (dhiyā́m) धी॒नाम् (dhīnā́m)
locative	धि॒यि (dhiyí) धि॒याम्² (dhiyā́m²)	धि॒योः (dhiyóḥ)	धी॒षु (dhīṣú)
vocative	धीः (dhī́ḥ)	धियौ॑ (dhíyau) धिया॑¹ (dhíyā¹)	धियः॑ (dhíyaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit

Derived terms

धियाम्पति (dhiyāmpati, “'lord of the thoughts'”)
धियायते (dhiyāyate, “be attentive or devout”)
धियायु (dhiyāyu, “thoughtful, devout”)
धीकर्मन् (dhīkarman, “object of thought”)
धीमत् (dhī́mat, “intelligent, wise”)
धीवन् (dhī́van, “skilful, clever”)
धीवर (dhīvara, “a clever man; a fisherman”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “धी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516, column 3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 83
Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “धी”, 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
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 777-778; 793