-दा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• -ဒါ (Burmese script)
• -दा (Devanagari script)
• -ਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
• -ꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
• -𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• -ទា (Khmer script)
• -ທາ (Lao script)
• -ദാ (Malayalam script)
• -ᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• -𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
• -ᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• -𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
• -ଦା (Odia script)
• -ꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
• -𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
• -දා (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
• -த³ா (Tamil script)
• -ทา (Thai script)
• -་དཱ (Tibetan script)
• -𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-dáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-dáH (also found in Avestan -𐬛𐬁 (-dā)), of uncertain origin. Compare Ancient Greek -δᾱ (-dā), -δην (-dēn, forming adverbs), perhaps for Proto-Indo-European *-déh₂ (less likely *-déh₁), which may be an extension of *(-)de (“to, towards; from, of; in, at”). Relation to Balto-Slavic suffixes such as Lithuanian -adà is disputed.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː/

Suffix

-दा • (-dā́)

1. forms adverbs of time, almost only from pronominal stems

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -दा

एकदा

सर्वदा

References

• William Dwight Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar‎^[1], § 1103a-b, page 406