डी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English dee.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖiː/

Noun

डी • (ḍī) m or f (Urdu spelling ڈی)

1. the letter D (dee)

Declension

Declension of डी (masc ī-stem // fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डी ḍī	डी, डियाँ ḍī, ḍiyā̃
oblique	डी ḍī	डियों ḍiyõ
vocative	डी ḍī	डियो ḍiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दी (dī) — Vedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ডী (Assamese script)
• ᬟᬷ (Balinese script)
• ডী (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဍီ (Burmese script)
• ડી (Gujarati script)
• ਡੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌡𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦝꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂙𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಡೀ (Kannada script)
• ឌី (Khmer script)
• ຑີ (Lao script)
• ഡീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡷᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘚𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦺𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଡୀ (Odia script)
• ꢞꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඩී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩨𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚖𑚯 (Takri script)
• டீ³ (Tamil script)
• డీ (Telugu script)
• ฑี (Thai script)
• ཌཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨖𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁-

Vedic Sanskrit दी (dī)

Sanskrit डी (ḍī)

From earlier दी (dī) with unexpected retroflexion, from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖiː/

Root

डी • (ḍī)

1. to fly

Derived terms

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

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

Primary Verbal Forms

• डयते (ḍayate, Present)
• डीयते (ḍī́yate, Present)
• डयिष्यते (ḍayiṣyate, Future)
• डयिता (ḍayitā, Periphrastic Future)
• अडयिष्ट (aḍayiṣṭa, Aorist)
• डिड्ये (ḍiḍye, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• डाययति (ḍāyayati, Causative)
• अडीडयत् (aḍīḍayat, Causative Aorist)
• डिडयिषते (ḍiḍayiṣate, Desiderative)
• डेडीयते (ḍeḍīyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• डीन (ḍīna, Past Participle)
• डीय (ḍīya, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• डयन (ḍayana)
• डीयन (ḍīyana)
• डीन (ḍīna, “a bird's flight”)

Prefixed Root Forms

• उड्डी (uḍḍī)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “डी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 58
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “डी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]