दम्

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́m/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐm/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dám from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”). Cognate with Russian дом (dom), Ancient Greek δῶ (dô), Latin domus, English timber.

Noun

दम् • (dám) stem, n

1. a house
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.46.7:

     अस्याजरासो दमामरित्रा अर्चद्धूमासो अग्नयः पावकाः।

     asyājarāso damāmaritrā arcaddhūmāso agnayaḥ pāvakāḥ.

     His are the fires, eternal, purifying, that make the houses move, whose smoke is shining

Declension

Neuter root-stem declension of दम् (dám)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दन् dán	दमी damī́	दमि dámi
Vocative	दन् dán	दमी dámī	दमि dámi
Accusative	दन् dán	दमी damī́	दमि dámi
Instrumental	दमा damā́	दन्भ्याम् danbhyā́m	दन्भिः danbhíḥ
Dative	दमे damé	दन्भ्याम् danbhyā́m	दन्भ्यः danbhyáḥ
Ablative	दमः damáḥ	दन्भ्याम् danbhyā́m	दन्भ्यः danbhyáḥ
Genitive	दमः damáḥ	दमोः damóḥ	दमाम् damā́m
Locative	दमि damí	दमोः damóḥ	दन्सु dansú

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”)

Root

दम् • (dam)

1. to tame, to domesticate

Derived terms

• दान्त (dāntá, “tamed, broken in, restrained, subdued”)
  • दम (dáma, “taming, subduing”)
  • दमन (damana, “taming, subduing”)
  • दमितृ (damitṛ́, “tamer”)
  • दम्य (damya, “tameable; a young bullock to be tamed”)
  • दान्ति (dānti, “self-restraint, patience”)
  • दाम्यति (dā́myati, “to tame”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0469/2.