# दी
## Hindi
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪iː/

### Noun

दी • (dī) f
* elder sister
    Synonyms: दीदी (dīdī), जीजी (jījī)

### Verb

दी • (dī)
* inflection of देना (denā):
** feminine singular perfective participle
** feminine singular perfect indicative

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দী (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬷ (Balinese script)
* দী (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ဒီ (Burmese script)
* દી (Gujarati script)
* ਦੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ದೀ (Kannada script)
* ទី (Khmer script)
* ທີ (Lao script)
* ദീ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଦୀ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖱 (Siddham script)
* දී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚯 (Takri script)
* தீ³ (Tamil script)
* దీ (Telugu script)
* ที (Thai script)
* དཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /diː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪iː/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine, be bright”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῆλος (dêlos, “visible, conspicuous”) and possibly Lithuanian dìdis (“large”).

#### Root

दी • (dī)
* to shine, be bright
* to excel, please, be admired

##### Derived terms

* दीति (dīti, “splendor, brightness”)

##### See also

* दिव् (div)
* दीप् (dīp)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase (away)”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δῐ́ω (dĭ́ō, “flee”), Lithuanian dainà (“song”).

#### Alternative forms

* डी (ḍī)

#### Root

दी • (dī) (Vedic)
* to soar, fly

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

* दीयति (dī́yati, Present)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* देदीयितवै (dédīyitavaí, Intensive Infinitive)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 480.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दी”, 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 74
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दी”, 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
* 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 328
* 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) “183”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 183