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

	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 (dītyā́) दीती¹ (dītī́¹)	दीतिभ्याम् (dītíbhyām)	दीतिभिः (dītíbhiḥ)
dative	दीतये (dītáye) दीत्यै² (dītyaí²) दीती¹ (dītī́¹)	दीतिभ्याम् (dītíbhyām)	दीतिभ्यः (dītíbhyaḥ)
ablative	दीतेः (dītéḥ) दीत्याः² (dītyā́ḥ²) दीत्यै³ (dītyaí³)	दीतिभ्याम् (dītíbhyām)	दीतिभ्यः (dītíbhyaḥ)
genitive	दीतेः (dītéḥ) दीत्याः² (dītyā́ḥ²) दीत्यै³ (dītyaí³)	दीत्योः (dītyóḥ)	दीतीनाम् (dītīnā́m)
locative	दीतौ (dītaú) दीत्याम्² (dītyā́m²) दीता¹ (dītā́¹)	दीत्योः (dītyóḥ)	दीतिषु (dītíṣu)

• 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.