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

	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.