# दिश्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দিশ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬶᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
* দিশ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰰𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀺𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဒိၐ် (Burmese script)
* દિશ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਦਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌿𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦶꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂱𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ದಿಶ್ (Kannada script)
* ទិឝ៑ (Khmer script)
* ທິຨ຺ (Lao script)
* ദിശ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘱𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧒𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐶𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଦିଶ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢶꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆴𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖰𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
* දිශ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩑𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚮𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
* தி³ஶ் (Tamil script)
* దిశ్ (Telugu script)
* ทิศฺ (Thai script)
* དི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒱𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨁𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out, show”). Cognates include Ancient Greek δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi, “show, point out”), δεῖγμᾰ (deîgma, “sample, pattern”) whence English paradigm, Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, “custom; order, law”), Latin dicō and dictum whence English dictate etc., Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), Latin digitus (“pointer, finger”), English token and teach.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /diɕ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪iɕ/

### Root

दिश् • (diś)
* to point out, show, exhibit
* to produce, bring forward (as witness in court)
* to assign, grant
* to order, command

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

* दिशति (diśáti, Present)
* दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi, Present)
* दिश्यति (diśyati, Present)
* देक्ष्यति (dekṣyati, Future)
* देष्टा (deṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
* अदिक्षत् (adikṣat, Aorist)
* अदिष्ट (ádiṣṭa, Aorist)
* दिदेश (didéśa, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* दिश्यते (diśyate, Passive)
* देशयति (deśayati, Causative)
* अदीदिशत् (adīdiśat, Causative Aorist)
* दिदिक्षति (didikṣati, Desiderative)
* देदिष्टे (dédiṣṭe, Intensive)
* देदिश्यते (dediśyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* दिष्ट (diṣṭá, Past Participle)
* देष्टुम् (deṣṭum, Infinitive)
* दिशे (díśe, Infinitive)
* दिश्य (díśya, Gerund)
* देश्य (deśya, Gerundive)
* देष्टव्य (deṣṭavya, Gerundive)
* दिदिक्षु (didikṣu, Desiderative Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* दिदिक्षा (didikṣā)
* दिश् (díś)
* देश (díśā, “country”)
* दिष्टि (diṣṭi)
* दिशा (deśá, “direction”)
* देशक (deśaka)
* देशन (déśana)
* देशना (deśanā)
* देशिन् (deśin)
* देष्टृ (deṣṭṛ)
* देष्ट्र (deṣṭrá)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुदिश् (anudiś)
* अतिदिश् (atidiś)
* अपदिश् (apadiś)
* अभिदिश् (abhidiś)
* आदिश् (ādiś)
* उद्दिश् (uddiś)
* उपदिश् (upadiś)
* निदिश् (nidiś)
* निर्दिश् (nirdiś)
* परिदिश् (paridiś)
* प्रतिदिश् (pratidiś)
* प्रदिश् (pradiś)
* संदिश् (saṃdiś)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 479, column 3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिश्”, 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 73
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दिश्”, 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
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 727; 744-746
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 294
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 108
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “188”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 188

### Noun

दिश् • (díś) stem, f
* quarter or region pointed at, direction
* region, place
* hint, reference
* manner, method

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480, column 1.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दिश्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan