धारयति

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 20 February 2020

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধাৰয়তি (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬵᬭᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ধারয়তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰯𑰨𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဓာရယတိ (Burmese script)
• ધારયતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਾਰਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦴꦫꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂰𑂩𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಧಾರಯತಿ (Kannada script)
• ធារយតិ (Khmer script)
• ຘາຣຍຕິ (Lao script)
• ധാരയതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘰𑘨𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧑𑧈𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐵𑐬𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଧାରଯତି (Odia script)
• ꢤꢵꢬꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆳𑆫𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖯𑖨𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ධාරයති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩛𑩼𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚭𑚤𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• த⁴ாரயதி (Tamil script)
• ధారయతి (Telugu script)
• ธารยติ (Thai script)
• དྷཱ་ར་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒰𑒩𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨊𑨫𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰor-éyeti. Causative of धरति (dhárati, “to hold, support, seize”), itself from √धृ (dhṛ, “to hold back, stop, restrain”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑː.ɾɐ́.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɑː.ɾɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

धारयति • (dhāráyati) third-singular present indicative (root धृ, class 10, causative)

1. to maintain, to hold
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.13:

     समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः

     samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ

     Maintaining (dhārayann) body, head and neck alevel, moveless, fixed

2. to practise
3. to undergo, to bear

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: dhār
  • Khowar: [script needed] (darik)
  • Kashmiri: دارُن (dārun)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: දරනවා (daranawā)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Bengali: ধারা (dhara, “to owe”)
  • Odia: ଧାରିବା (dhariba)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀇 (dhāraï)
• Pali: dhāreti
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dhāredi)
  • Gujarati: ધારવું (dhārvũ, “to consider, suppose”)
  • Hindi: धारना (dhārnā, “to bear”)
  • Punjabi: ਧਾਰਨਾ (dhārnā)
  • Sindhi: ڌَارَڻُ / धारणु (dhāraṇu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धारयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 519.