दिशा

See also: दृश्, देश, दश, and देशी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिशा (diśā), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʃɑː/, [d̪ɪ.ʃäː]

Noun

दिशा • (diśā) f (Urdu spelling دشا)

1. direction

Declension

Declension of दिशा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दिशा diśā	दिशाएँ diśāẽ
oblique	दिशा diśā	दिशाओं diśāõ
vocative	दिशा diśā	दिशाओ diśāo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिशा (diśā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪i.ɕa/

Noun

दिशा • (diśā) f

1. direction
2. (navigation) compass point

Declension

Declension of दिशा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	दिशा diśā
direct plural	दिशा diśā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दिशा diśā		दिशा diśā
oblique सामान्यरूप	दिशे diśe		दिशां- diśān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दिशेला diśelā		दिशांना diśānnā
ergative	दिशेने, दिशेनं diśene, diśena		दिशांनी diśānnī
instrumental	दिशेशी diśeśī		दिशांशी diśānśī
locative सप्तमी	दिशेत diśet		दिशांत diśāt
vocative संबोधन	दिशे diśe		दिशांनो diśānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of दिशा (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	दिशेचा diśeċā	दिशेचे diśeċe	दिशेची diśecī	दिशेच्या diśecā	दिशेचे, दिशेचं diśeċe, diśeċa	दिशेची diśecī	दिशेच्या diśecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दिशांचा diśānċā	दिशांचे diśānċe	दिशांची diśāñcī	दिशांच्या diśāncā	दिशांचे, दिशांचं diśānċe, diśānċa	दिशांची diśāñcī	दिशांच्या diśāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• (compass points) दिशा;

वायव्य (vāyavya)	उत्तर (uttar)	ईशान्य (īśānya)
पश्चिम (paścim)		पूर्व (pūrva)
नैऋत्य (naiŕtya)	दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ)	आग्नेय (āgney)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दिशा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दिशा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

• दिसा (disā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪isä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: दिसा

Noun

दिशा • (diśā)

1. direction

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• দিশা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬶᬰᬵ (Balinese script)
• দিশা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰰𑰫𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀰𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒိၐာ (Burmese script)
• દિશા (Gujarati script)
• ਦਿਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌿𑌶𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦶꦯꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂱𑂬𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದಿಶಾ (Kannada script)
• ទិឝា (Khmer script)
• ທິຨາ (Lao script)
• ദിശാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡧᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘱𑘫𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠱᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧒𑧋𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐶𑐱𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦିଶା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢶꢯꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆴𑆯𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖰𑖫𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දිශා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩿𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚮𑚧𑚭 (Takri script)
• தி³ஶா (Tamil script)
• దిశా (Telugu script)
• ทิศา (Thai script)
• དི་ཤཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒱𑒬𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨮𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root दिश् (diś). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *díśaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *díćaH, from Proto-Indo-European *díḱ-eh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dí.ɕɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪i.ɕɑː/

Noun

दिशा • (díśā) stem, f

1. direction, region, quarter or point of the compass

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दिशा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दिशा (díśā)	दिशे (díśe)	दिशाः (díśāḥ)
vocative	दिशे (díśe)	दिशे (díśe)	दिशाः (díśāḥ)
accusative	दिशाम् (díśām)	दिशे (díśe)	दिशाः (díśāḥ)
instrumental	दिशया (díśayā) दिशा¹ (díśā¹)	दिशाभ्याम् (díśābhyām)	दिशाभिः (díśābhiḥ)
dative	दिशायै (díśāyai)	दिशाभ्याम् (díśābhyām)	दिशाभ्यः (díśābhyaḥ)
ablative	दिशायाः (díśāyāḥ) दिशायै² (díśāyai²)	दिशाभ्याम् (díśābhyām)	दिशाभ्यः (díśābhyaḥ)
genitive	दिशायाः (díśāyāḥ) दिशायै² (díśāyai²)	दिशयोः (díśayoḥ)	दिशानाम् (díśānām)
locative	दिशायाम् (díśāyām)	दिशयोः (díśayoḥ)	दिशासु (díśāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: disā
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀲𑀸 (disā)
• → Kannada: ದೆಸೆ (dese)
• Bengali: দিক (dik)
• → Hindi: दिशा (diśā) (learned)
• → Marathi: दिशा (diśā) (learned)
• → Tamil: திசை (ticai) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिशा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480, column 2.