दीव्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *diHw- ~ *dyuH- (“to endeavour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬛𐬍𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬍 (ādīuuiieⁱṇtī, “to endeavour”), Ossetian ӕндеун (ændewn), ӕндиуын (ændiwyn, “to dare”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díːʋ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iːʋ/

Noun

दीव् • (dī́v) stem, f

1. gambling, game of dice
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.85.8:

     कितवासो यद्रिरिपुर्न दीवि यद्वा घा सत्यमुत यन्न विद्म ।
     सर्वा ता वि ष्य शिथिरेव देवाधा ते स्याम वरुण प्रियासः ॥

     kitavāso yadriripurna dīvi yadvā ghā satyamuta yanna vidma.
     sarvā tā vi ṣya śithireva devādhā te syāma varuṇa priyāsaḥ.

     If we, as gamesters cheat at play, have cheated, done wrong unwittingly or sinned of purpose,
     Cast all these sins away like loosened fetters, and, Varuṇa let us be thine own beloved.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Declension of दीव्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-	-	-
Vocative	-	-	-
Accusative	द्युवम् (dyúvam)	-	-
Instrumental	-	-	-
Dative	दीवे (dīvé), द्युवे (dyuvé)	-	-
Ablative	-	-	-
Genitive	-	-	-
Locative	दीवि (dīví)	-	-

Related terms

• द्यूत (dyūta)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दीव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0479/3.