धम्

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH- (“to smoke, blow”). Cognate with Lithuanian dùmti (“to blow”), Polish dąć (“to blow”),[1] and perhaps Proto-Germanic *dimbaną (“to fog, smoke”).

    Pronunciation

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    Root

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    धम् • (dham)

    1. to blow, blow into
    2. to breathe out, exhale
    3. to kindle a fire by blowing
    4. to melt or manufacture (metal) by blowing
    5. to blow or cast away

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    References

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    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DHAMᴵ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 775

    Further reading

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “धम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0509/3.
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “धम्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 081
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धम्”, 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
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