दॄ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दर् (dar), दृ (dṛ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দৄ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬻ (Balinese script)
• দৄ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰵 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀿 (Brahmi script)
• ဒၗ (Burmese script)
• દૄ (Gujarati script)
• ਦୄ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍄 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦽꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ದೄ (Kannada script)
• ទ្ឬ (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
• ദൄ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘶 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧗 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐻 (Newa script)
• ଦୄ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢻ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆹 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖵 (Siddham script)
• දෲ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩙𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛 (Takri script)
• த்³ரி (Tamil script)
• దౄ (Telugu script)
• ทฺฤๅ (Thai script)
• དྲཱྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒶 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨼𑨉𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *der-

Sanskrit दॄ (dṝ)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dar-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to tear, to crack”). Cognate with English tear, Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō), Macedonian дере (dere), Persian دریدن (daridan, “to tear”). The "heed" meaning is probably a semantic specialization of the original "tear" meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dr̩ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪r̩ː/

Root

दॄ • (dṝ)

1. to tear
2. to divide
3. to tear (something) to pieces, to wrench
4. to split (open)
5. to burst
6. to be dispersed or scattered (as an army)
7. to be frightened or afraid
8. to heed

Derived terms

• दर (dara)
• दरति (darati, “to be afraid”)
• दरीमन् (dárīman, “destruction”)
• दर्तृ (dártṛ, “breaker, destroyer”)
• दर्तृ (dártṛ, “breaking, bursting”)
• दर्त्नु (dartnú, “breaking, splitting”)
• दर्म (darmá, “breaker, destroyer, demolisher”)
• दर्मन् (darmán, “breaker, destroyer, demolisher”)
• दार (dāra, “rent, cleft, hole”)
• दार (dāra, “tearing, rending”)
• दारु (dārú, “breaking, splitting”)
• दीर्ण (dīrṇá, “scattered”)
• दीर्यते (dīryáte, “to separate”)
• दृणाति (dṛṇā́ti, “to divide, to split”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 492/2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दॄ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 76-77
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 701-703; 742