# ධීර
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* dhīra (Latin script)
* 𑀥𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* धीर (Devanagari script)
* ধীর (Bengali script)
* ဓီရ or ဓဳရ or ꩪီရ (Burmese script)
* ธีร or ธีระ (Thai script)
* ᨵᩦᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ຘີຣ or ຘີຣະ (Lao script)
* ធីរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄙𑄩𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

ධීර
* Sinhala script form of dhīra (“wise; firm”)
** c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28 පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28 Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28 having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.(literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28 having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)(Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ধীৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬥᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
* ধীর (Bengali script)
* 𑰠𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀥𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဓီရ (Burmese script)
* धीर (Devanagari script)
* ધીર (Gujarati script)
* ਧੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌧𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦣꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂡𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಧೀರ (Kannada script)
* ធីរ (Khmer script)
* ຘີຣ (Lao script)
* ധീര (Malayalam script)
* ᢡᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘠𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠾᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧀𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐢𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଧୀର (Odia script)
* ꢤꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆣𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖠𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
* 𑩮𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚜𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
* தீ⁴ர (Tamil script)
* ధీర (Telugu script)
* ธีร (Thai script)
* དྷཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒡𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨜𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

ධීර • (dhī́ra) stem
* Sinhalese script form of धीर (“firm”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

ධීර • (dhī́ra) stem
* Sinhalese script form of धीर (“intelligent”)
** (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:8. ප්‍රමාදමප්‍රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතඃ ප්‍රඥාප්‍රසාදමාරුහ්‍ය ත්‍වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්‍රජාම් පර්‍වතස‍්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ‍්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්‍ෂතෙ8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.(literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)(Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ධීර • (dhī́ra) stem, m
* Sinhalese script form of धीर (“ocean”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

ධීර • (dhī́ra) stem, n
* Sinhalese script form of धीर (“saffron”)

##### Usage notes

In compounds, this meaning cannot always be distinguished from that of 'wise' etc.