# धा
## Konkani
### Etymology

From Sanskrit दश (daśa), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Compare Marathi दहा (dahā) and Hindi दस (das).

### Numeral

धा • (dhā) (Latin script dha, Kannada script ಧಾ)
* ten

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ধা (Assamese script)
* ᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
* ধা (Bengali script)
* 𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဓာ (Burmese script)
* ધા (Gujarati script)
* ਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಧಾ (Kannada script)
* ធា (Khmer script)
* ຘາ (Lao script)
* ധാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଧା (Odia script)
* ꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ධා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
* த⁴ா (Tamil script)
* ధా (Telugu script)
* ธา (Thai script)
* དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰaH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Cognate with Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “that which is put down”), θέσις (thésis, “placement, arrangement”); Latin faciō (“make, do”) whence English fact, factory etc; English do, deed, deem, doom.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dʱɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ʱɑː/

### Root

धा • (dhā)
* to put, place, set, lay in or on

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

* दधाति (dádhāti, Present)
* धत्ते (dhatté, Present)
* धास्यति (dhāsyáti, Future)
* धाता (dhātā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अधात् (ádhāt, Aorist)
* अधिष्ट (ádhiṣṭa, Aorist)
* धेयात् (dheyā́t, Benedictive)
* दधौ (dadháu, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* धीयते (dhīyáte, Passive)
* अधायि (ádhāyi, Passive Aorist)
* धापयति (dhāpáyati, Causative)
* धाप्यते (dhāpyate, Passive of Causative)
* धित्सति (dhítsati, Desiderative)
* दिधिषति (dídhiṣati, Desiderative)
* धित्स्यते (dhitsyate, Passive of Desiderative)
* देधीयते (dedhīyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* हित (hitá, Past Participle)
* धातुम् (dhā́tum, Infinitive)
* धातवे (dhā́tave, Infinitive)
* धातवै (dhā́tavaí, Infinitive)
* धातोस् (dhā́tos, Infinitive)
* धित्वा (dhitvā́, Gerund)
* हित्वा (hitvā, Gerund)
* धेय (dheya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* धातु (dhā́tu, “layer, stratum; part”)
* धातृ (dhātṛ́, “establisher, founder”)
* धान (dhā́na)
* धामन् (dhā́man)
* धाय (dhāya)
* धेष्ठ (dhéṣṭha)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अधिधा (adhidhā)
* अनुधा (anudhā)
* अन्तर्धा (antardhā)
* अपिधा (apidhā)
* अभिधा (abhidhā)
* अवधा (avadhā)
* आधा (ādhā)
* उद्धा (uddhā)
* उपधा (upadhā)
* तिरोधा (tirodhā)
* निधा (nidhā)
* परिधा (paridhā)
* पुरोधा (purodhā)
* प्रतिधा (pratidhā)
* प्रधा (pradhā)
* विधा (vidhā)
* श्रद्धा (śraddhā)
* संधा (saṃdhā)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “धा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 513, columns 2-3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “धा”, 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 82
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धा”, 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 783-7
* 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, pages 276, 285, 295, 413
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 136
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “235-239”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 235-239