दिश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দিশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬶᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দিশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰰𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀺𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒိၐ် (Burmese script)
• દિશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌿𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦶꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂱𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದಿಶ್ (Kannada script)
• ទិឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທິຨ຺ (Lao script)
• ദിശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘱𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧒𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐶𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦିଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢶꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆴𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖰𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දිශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚮𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• தி³ஶ் (Tamil script)
• దిశ్ (Telugu script)
• ทิศฺ (Thai script)
• དི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒱𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *díṭṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *díćš, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱ-s. Cognates include Ancient Greek δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi, “show, point out”), δεῖγμᾰ (deîgma, “sample, pattern”) whence English paradigm, Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, “custom; order, law”), Latin dicō and dictum whence English dictate etc., Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), Latin digitus (“pointer, finger”), English token and teach.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /diɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iɕ/

Root

दिश् • (diś)

1. to point out, show, exhibit
2. to produce, bring forward (as witness in court)
3. to assign, grant
4. to order, command

Derived terms

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

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दिश् (12 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• दिशति (diśáti, Present)
• दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi, Present)
• दिश्यति (diśyati, Present)
• देक्ष्यति (dekṣyati, Future)
• देष्टा (deṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
• अदिक्षत् (adikṣat, Aorist)
• अदिष्ट (ádiṣṭa, Aorist)
• दिदेश (didéśa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दिश्यते (diśyate, Passive)
• देशयति (deśayati, Causative)
• अदीदिशत् (adīdiśat, Causative Aorist)
• दिदिक्षति (didikṣati, Desiderative)
• देदिष्टे (dédiṣṭe, Intensive)
• देदिश्यते (dediśyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दिष्ट (diṣṭá, Past Participle)
• देष्टुम् (deṣṭum, Infinitive)
• दिशे (díśe, Infinitive)
• दिश्य (díśya, Gerund)
• देश्य (deśya, Gerundive)
• देष्टव्य (deṣṭavya, Gerundive)
• दिदिक्षु (didikṣu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• दिदिक्षा (didikṣā)
• दिश् (díś)
• दिशा (díśā)
• दिष्टि (diṣṭi)
• देश (deśá)
• देशक (deśaka)
• देशन (déśana)
• देशना (deśanā)
• देशिन् (deśin)
• देष्टृ (deṣṭṛ)
• देष्ट्र (deṣṭrá)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुदिश् (anudiś)
• अतिदिश् (atidiś)
• अपदिश् (apadiś)
• अभिदिश् (abhidiś)
• आदिश् (ādiś)
• उद्दिश् (uddiś)
• उपदिश् (upadiś)
• निदिश् (nidiś)
• निर्दिश् (nirdiś)
• परिदिश् (paridiś)
• प्रतिदिश् (pratidiś)
• प्रदिश् (pradiś)
• संदिश् (saṃdiś)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 479, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिश्”, 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 73
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दिश्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 727; 744-746

• 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 294
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 108
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “188”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 188

Noun

दिश् • (díś) stem, f

1. quarter or region pointed at, direction
2. region, place
3. hint, reference
4. manner, method

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of दिश् (díś)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दिक् dík	दिशौ / दिशा¹ díśau / díśā¹	दिशः díśaḥ
Vocative	दिक् dík	दिशौ / दिशा¹ díśau / díśā¹	दिशः díśaḥ
Accusative	दिशम् díśam	दिशौ / दिशा¹ díśau / díśā¹	दिशः díśaḥ
Instrumental	दिशा diśā́	दिग्भ्याम् digbhyā́m	दिग्भिः digbhíḥ
Dative	दिशे diśé	दिग्भ्याम् digbhyā́m	दिग्भ्यः digbhyáḥ
Ablative	दिशः diśáḥ	दिग्भ्याम् digbhyā́m	दिग्भ्यः digbhyáḥ
Genitive	दिशः diśáḥ	दिशोः diśóḥ	दिशाम् diśā́m
Locative	दिशि diśí	दिशोः diśóḥ	दिक्षु dikṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दिश्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan