दीति

See also: दत्, दात, दाता, दाते, दातृ, दांत, दांतो, दांतों, दाँत, दाँती, दाँतो, दाँतों, दुत, दूत, दिति, देता, देती, देतीं, देते, दैत, दोत, दौत, and दंत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দীতি (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬷᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• দীতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰱𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀻𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဒီတိ (Burmese script)
• દીતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੀਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍀𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦷꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂲𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ದೀತಿ (Kannada script)
• ទីតិ (Khmer script)
• ທີຕິ (Lao script)
• ദീതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘲𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧓𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐷𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଦୀତି (Odia script)
• ꢣꢷꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆵𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖱𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• දීති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚯𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• தீ³தி (Tamil script)
• దీతి (Telugu script)
• ทีติ (Thai script)
• དཱི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒲𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root दी (dī, “to shine, be bright”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine, be bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /diː.tí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪iː.t̪i/

Noun

दीति • (dītí) stem, f

1. brightness
2. splendor

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of दीति (dītí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दीतिः dītíḥ	दीती dītī́	दीतयः dītáyaḥ
Vocative	दीते dī́te	दीती dī́tī	दीतयः dī́tayaḥ
Accusative	दीतिम् dītím	दीती dītī́	दीतीः dītī́ḥ
Instrumental	दीत्या / दीती¹ dītyā́ / dītī́¹	दीतिभ्याम् dītíbhyām	दीतिभिः dītíbhiḥ
Dative	दीतये / दीत्यै² / दीती¹ dītáye / dītyaí² / dītī́¹	दीतिभ्याम् dītíbhyām	दीतिभ्यः dītíbhyaḥ
Ablative	दीतेः / दीत्याः² / दीत्यै³ dītéḥ / dītyā́ḥ² / dītyaí³	दीतिभ्याम् dītíbhyām	दीतिभ्यः dītíbhyaḥ
Genitive	दीतेः / दीत्याः² / दीत्यै³ dītéḥ / dītyā́ḥ² / dītyaí³	दीत्योः dītyóḥ	दीतीनाम् dītīnā́m
Locative	दीतौ / दीत्याम्² / दीता¹ dītaú / dītyā́m² / dītā́¹	दीत्योः dītyóḥ	दीतिषु dītíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• सुदीति (sudītí, “radiant”)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “Dīti”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 074
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दीति”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1 dei-, dei̯ǝ-, dī-, di̯ā-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 183f.