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दीप्

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See also: दीप

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂p-, an extension of *deyh₂- (to shine, be bright). Related to दय् (day, to shine); outside of Indic, compare Persian دیبا (dêbâ, brocade), Old Armenian դէպ (dēp, accident, case, suitable) (an Iranian borrowing), Ancient Greek δῆλος (dêlos, visible), Lithuanian dìdelis (big, large).

Pronunciation

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Root

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दीप् (dīp)

  1. to blaze, flare, shine, be luminous or illustrious
  2. to glow, burn
  3. to kindle, set on fire, inflame
  4. to illuminate, make illustrious
  5. to excite, rouse

Derived terms

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Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
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Descendants

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “दीप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 481/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 74
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĪP - dīrghá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 728