दा

Dogri

Etymology

Compare Punjabi ਦਾ (dā).

Particle

दा (dā) (oblique दे, feminine दी)

1. of: genitive particle

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• দা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒါ (Burmese script)
• દા (Gujarati script)
• ਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದಾ (Kannada 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)
• దా (Telugu script)
• ทา (Thai script)
• དཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-

Sanskrit दा (dā)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

Alternative forms

• दद् (dad)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

दा • (dā́) stem, m

1. a giver

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of दा (dā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दाः dā́ḥ	दौ / दा¹ daú / dā́¹	दाः dā́ḥ
Vocative	दाः dā́ḥ	दौ / दा¹ daú / dā́¹	दाः dā́ḥ
Accusative	दाम् dā́m	दौ / दा¹ daú / dā́¹	दाः / दः² dā́ḥ / dáḥ²
Instrumental	दा dā́	दाभ्याम् dā́bhyām	दाभिः dā́bhiḥ
Dative	दे dé	दाभ्याम् dā́bhyām	दाभ्यः dā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	दः dáḥ	दाभ्याम् dā́bhyām	दाभ्यः dā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	दः dáḥ	दोः dóḥ	दानाम् / दाम्² dā́nām / dā́m²
Locative	दि dí	दोः dóḥ	दासु dā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Perhaps

Root

दा • (dā)

1. to give

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 12 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (6 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• ददाति (dádāti, Present)
• ददति (dádati, Present)
• दाति (dā́ti, Present)
• दास्यति (dāsyáti, Future)
• दाता (dātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• ददिता (daditā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अदात् (ádāt, Aorist)
• अदित (ádita, Aorist)
• आदत् (ā́dat, Aorist)
• अदिषत (ádiṣata, Aorist)
• देयात् (deyā́t, Benedictive)
• ददौ (dadáu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दीयते (dīyáte, Passive)
• अदायि (ádāyi, Passive Aorist)
• दापयति (dāpáyati, Causative)
• अदीददत् (ádīdadat, Causative Aorist)
• दित्सति (dítsati, Desiderative)
• दादाति (dādāti, Intensive)
• दादेति (dādeti, Intensive)
• देदीयते (dedīyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दात (dātá, Past Participle)
• दत्त (dattá, Past Participle)
• दित (ditá, Past Participle)
• ददित (daditá, Past Participle)
• दायमान (dāyamāna, Mediopassive Participle)
• दद्यमान (dadyámāna, Mediopassive Participle)
• दातुम् (dā́tum, Infinitive)
• दातवे (dā́tave, Infinitive)
• दातवै (dātavái, Infinitive)
• दातोस् (dā́tos, Infinitive)
• दावने (dāvane, Infinitive)
• दामने (dā́mane, Infinitive)
• दत्त्वा (dattvā́, Gerund)
• दत्त्वाय (dattvā́ya, Gerund)
• दाय (dā́ya, Gerund)
• दद्य (dadya, Gerund)
• देय (déya, Gerundive)
• दातव्य (dātavya, Gerundive)
• दित्सु (ditsú, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation”)
• दान (dāná, “the act of giving”)
• दातृ (dā́tṛ,dātṛ́, “giver, donor”)
• दत्त (dattá, “gift, donation”)
• दाक (dāka, “donor, sacrificer”)
• दा (dā́, “giving, granting”)
• दा (dā́, “giver, grantor, donor”)
• दामन् (dā́man, “gift”)
• दामन् (dāmán, “giver, grantor, donor”)
• द (da, “giving, granting, offering”)
• द (da, “gift”)
• दारु (dāru, “liberal”)
• दावन् (dāván, “(dative) in order to give or receive; giving, granting”)
• दाय (dāya, “present, donation; handing-over”)
• देय (déya, “giving; gift; tax, tribute”)
• दित्सा (ditsā́, “desire or intention to give”)
• दिदित्सु (diditsu, “ready to give or sacrifice”)
• ददि (dadí, “giving, bestowing”)
• ददितृ (daditṛ́, “giver; preserver”)
• ददाति (dadāti, “gift”)
• दत्त्र (dáttra, “(Indra's) gift”)
• दिति (díti, “distributing, liberality”)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतिदा (atidā)
• अनुदा (anudā)
• अभिदा (abhidā)
• आदा (ādā)
• उपदा (upadā)
• परिदा (paridā)
• प्रतिदा (pratidā)
• प्रदा (pradā)
• संदा (saṃdā)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *daH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).

Alternative forms

• दो (do)

Pronunciation

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

Root

दा • (dā)

1. to cut, cut off
2. to divide, mow, reap

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दा (0 c, 12 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दा (6 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• दाति (dā́ti, Present)
• दास्यति (dāsyáti, Future)
• दाता (dātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अदात् (ádāt, Aorist)
• देयात् (deyā́t, Benedictive)
• ददौ (dadáu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दीयते (dīyáte, Passive)
• दापयति (dāpáyati, Causative)
• दित्सति (ditsati, Desiderative)
• दिदासति (didāsati, Desiderative)
• दादाति (dādāti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दिन (diná, Past Participle)
• दित (ditá, Past Participle)
• दात (dātá, Past Participle)
• दत्त (dattá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• दान (dā́na, “cutting off, splitting, dividing”)
• दाति (dāti, “sickle, scythe”)
• दातु (dā́tu, “part, division, allotted portion”)
• दातु (dā́tu, “divisible”)
• दातृ (dātṛ́, “mowing, mower”)
• दात्र (dā́tra, “sickle, a sort of crooked knife”)
• दात्र (dātrá, “allotted portion, share, possession”)
• दिति (díti, “cutting, splitting, division”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 464/3, 473/2, 474/1-3, 475/1, 0498.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 072
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दा”, 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 713-8

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269
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