# दा
## Dogri
### Etymology

Compare Punjabi ਦਾ (dā).

### Particle

दा (dā) (oblique दे, feminine दी)
* of: genitive particle

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দা (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
* দা (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဒါ (Burmese script)
* દા (Gujarati script)
* ਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ದಾ (Kannada script)
* ទា (Khmer script)
* ທາ (Lao script)
* ദാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଦା (Odia script)
* ꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
* දා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
* த³ா (Tamil script)
* దా (Telugu script)
* ทา (Thai script)
* དཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

#### Alternative forms

* दद् (dad)

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ɑː/

#### Noun

दा • (dā́) stem, m
* a giver

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Perhaps

#### Root

दा • (dā)
* to give

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

* ददाति (dádāti, Present)
* ददति (dádati, Present)
* दाति (dā́ti, Present)
* दास्यति (dāsyáti, Future)
* दाता (dātā́, Periphrastic Future)
* ददिता (daditā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अदात् (ádāt, Aorist)
* अदित (ádita, Aorist)
* आदत् (ā́dat, Aorist)
* अदिषत (ádiṣata, Aorist)
* देयात् (deyā́t, Benedictive)
* ददौ (dadáu, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* दीयते (dīyáte, Passive)
* अदायि (ádāyi, Passive Aorist)
* दापयति (dāpáyati, Causative)
* अदीददत् (ádīdadat, Causative Aorist)
* दित्सति (dítsati, Desiderative)
* दादाति (dādāti, Intensive)
* दादेति (dādeti, Intensive)
* देदीयते (dedīyate, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* दात (dātá, Past Participle)
* दत्त (dattá, Past Participle)
* दित (ditá, Past Participle)
* ददित (daditá, Past Participle)
* दायमान (dāyamāna, Mediopassive Participle)
* दद्यमान (dadyámāna, Mediopassive Participle)
* दातुम् (dā́tum, Infinitive)
* दातवे (dā́tave, Infinitive)
* दातवै (dātavái, Infinitive)
* दातोस् (dā́tos, Infinitive)
* दावने (dāvane, Infinitive)
* दामने (dā́mane, Infinitive)
* दत्त्वा (dattvā́, Gerund)
* दत्त्वाय (dattvā́ya, Gerund)
* दाय (dā́ya, Gerund)
* दद्य (dadya, Gerund)
* देय (déya, Gerundive)
* दातव्य (dātavya, Gerundive)
* दित्सु (ditsú, Desiderative Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation”)
* दान (dāná, “the act of giving”)
* दातृ (dā́tṛ, dātṛ́, “giver, donor”)
* दत्त (dattá, “gift, donation”)
* दाक (dāka, “donor, sacrificer”)
* दा (dā́, “giving, granting”)
* दा (dā́, “giver, grantor, donor”)
* दामन् (dā́man, “gift”)
* दामन् (dāmán, “giver, grantor, donor”)
* द (da, “giving, granting, offering”)
* द (da, “gift”)
* दारु (dāru, “liberal”)
* दावन् (dāván, “(dative) in order to give or receive; giving, granting”)
* दाय (dāya, “present, donation; handing-over”)
* देय (déya, “giving; gift; tax, tribute”)
* दित्सा (ditsā́, “desire or intention to give”)
* दिदित्सु (diditsu, “ready to give or sacrifice”)
* ददि (dadí, “giving, bestowing”)
* ददितृ (daditṛ́, “giver; preserver”)
* ददाति (dadāti, “gift”)
* दत्त्र (dáttra, “(Indra's) gift”)
* दिति (díti, “distributing, liberality”)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतिदा (atidā)
* अनुदा (anudā)
* अभिदा (abhidā)
* आदा (ādā)
* उपदा (upadā)
* परिदा (paridā)
* प्रतिदा (pratidā)
* प्रदा (pradā)
* संदा (saṃdā)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 473/2-3, 474/1-2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दा”, 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 71-72
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दा”, 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) “DĀ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 713-5
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 142-4
* 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 270
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 105-6
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “223-5”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 223-5

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *daH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daH-, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ɑː/

#### Root

दा • (dā)
* to cut, cut off
* to divide, mow, reap

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

* दाति (dā́ti, Present)
* दास्यति (dāsyáti, Future)
* दाता (dātā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अदात् (ádāt, Aorist)
* देयात् (deyā́t, Benedictive)
* ददौ (dadáu, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* दीयते (dīyáte, Passive)
* दापयति (dāpáyati, Causative)
* दित्सति (ditsati, Desiderative)
* दिदासति (didāsati, Desiderative)
* दादाति (dādāti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* दिन (diná, Past Participle)
* दित (ditá, Past Participle)
* दात (dātá, Past Participle)
* दत्त (dattá, Past Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* दान (dā́na, “cutting off, splitting, dividing”)
* दाति (dāti, “sickle, scythe”)
* दातु (dā́tu, “part, division, allotted portion”)
* दातु (dā́tu, “divisible”)
* दातृ (dātṛ́, “mowing, mower”)
* दात्र (dā́tra, “sickle, a sort of crooked knife”)
* दात्र (dātrá, “allotted portion, share, possession”)
* दिति (díti, “cutting, splitting, division”)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 474/2, 498/1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĀ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 716
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 144
* 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 269
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*deH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “175”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 175

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₁- (“to bind”).

#### Root

दा • (dā)
* to bind

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

* द्यति (dyati, Present)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* दित (dita, Past Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* अदिति (áditi)
* दामन् (dā́man)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 474/3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DĀ³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 716-7
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā [3]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 144-5
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*deh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 102