# धृ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ধৃ (Assamese script)
* ᬥᬺ (Balinese script)
* ধৃ (Bengali script)
* 𑰠𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀥𑀾 (Brahmi script)
* ဓၖ (Burmese script)
* ધૃ (Gujarati script)
* ਧ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌧𑍃 (Grantha script)
* ꦣꦽ (Javanese script)
* 𑂡𑃂 (Kaithi script)
* ಧೃ (Kannada script)
* ធ្ឫ (Khmer script)
* ຘ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
* ധൃ (Malayalam script)
* ᢡᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘠𑘵 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠾᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧀𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐢𑐺 (Newa script)
* ଧୃ (Odia script)
* ꢤꢺ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆣𑆸 (Sharada script)
* 𑖠𑖴 (Siddham script)
* ධෘ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩮𑩙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚜 (Takri script)
* த்⁴ரி (Tamil script)
* ధృ (Telugu script)
* ธฺฤ (Thai script)
* དྷྲྀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒡𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨜𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dʱr̩/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ʱr̩/

### Root

धृ • (dhṛ)
* to hold
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.1:हि॒र॒ण्य॒ग॒र्भः सम॑वर्त॒ताग्रे॑ भू॒तस्य॑ जा॒तः पति॒रेक॑ आसीत् । स दा॑धार पृथि॒वीं द्यामु॒तेमां कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥hiraṇyagarbháḥ sámavartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátiréka āsīt. sá dādhāra pṛthivī́ṃ dyā́mutémā́ṃ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema.Hiraṇyagarbha was present at the beginning; when born, he was the sole lord of created beings; he upheld this earth and heaven-- let us offer worship with an oblation to the divine.

#### Usage notes

The (morphological) causative धारयति (dhāráyati) is in practice used as the main present verb.

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* धरति (dhárati, Present)
* धरिष्यति (dhariṣyáti, Future)
* धर्ता (dhartā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अधार्षीत् (ádhārṣīt, Aorist)
* दधार (dadhā́ra, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* ध्रियते (dhriyáte, Passive)
* अधारि (ádhāri, Passive Aorist)
* धारयति (dhāráyati, Causative)
* अदीधरत् (ádīdharat, Causative Aorist)
* धार्यते (dhāryáte, Passive of Causative)
* दिधीर्षति (didhīrṣati, Desiderative)
* दिधारयिषति (didhārayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* दर्धर्ति (dárdharti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* धृत (dhṛtá, Past Participle)
* धर्तुम् (dhartum, Infinitive)
* धर्तवै (dhartavai, Infinitive)
* धर्तरि (dhartári, Infinitive)
* धृत्वा (dhṛtvā́, Gerund)
* धर्तव्य (dhartavya, Gerundive)
* धार्य (dhārya, Gerundive)
* धरणीय (dharaṇī́ya, Gerundive)
* धारित (dhārita, Causative Past Participle)
* धारयितव्य (dhārayitavya, Causative Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* धर (dhará)
* धरण (dháraṇa)
* धरणि (dharaṇi)
* धरित्री (dháritrī)
* धरिमन् (dhariman)
* धरीमन् (dhárīman)
* धरीयस् (dhárīyas)
* धरुण (dharúṇa)
* धर्णसि (dharṇasí)
* धर्णि (dharṇí)
* धर्तृ (dhartṛ́)
* धर्त्र (dhartrá)
* धर्म (dhárma)
* धर्मन् (dhárman)
* धर्मिन् (dharmín)
* धारक (dhā́raka)
* धारण (dhā́raṇa)
* धृत् (dhṛt)
* धृति (dhṛ́ti)
* धृत्वन् (dhṛtvan)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अभिधृ (abhidhṛ)
* अवधृ (avadhṛ)
* आधृ (ādhṛ)
* उद्धृ (uddhṛ)
* उपधृ (upadhṛ)
* निधृ (nidhṛ)
* परिधृ (paridhṛ)
* प्रधृ (pradhṛ)
* विधृ (vidhṛ)
* संधृ (saṃdhṛ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “धृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 519, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 84
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “dhṛ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DHAR”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 778-9
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dhar”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 156-7