# दधाति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দধাতি (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬥᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* দধাতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰠𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀥𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဒဓာတိ (Burmese script)
* દધાતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਦਧਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦣꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂡𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ದಧಾತಿ (Kannada script)
* ទធាតិ (Khmer script)
* ທຘາຕິ (Lao script)
* ദധാതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘠𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠᢑᠾᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧀𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐢𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଦଧାତି (Odia script)
* ꢣꢤꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆣𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖠𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* දධාති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩮𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚜𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* த³த⁴ாதி (Tamil script)
* దధాతి (Telugu script)
* ทธาติ (Thai script)
* ད་དྷཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒡𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨜𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰádʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰoh₁ti, from *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi), Latin faciō. Old English dōn (whence English do). The "wish to give" senses are from a conflation with ददाति (dadāti) in PIE, see Latin -dō.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐ́.dʱɑː.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ɐ.d̪ʱɑː.t̪i/

### Verb

दधाति • (dádhāti) third-singular indicative (class 3, type P, present, root धा)
* to put, place, set, lay in or on
* to inflict punishment on
* to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate
* to take or bring or help to
* to direct or fix the mind or attention upon, think of, fix or resolve upon
* to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to
* to appoint, establish, constitute
* to render
* to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute
* to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes)
* to accept, obtain, conceive (especially in the womb), to take pleasure or delight in
* to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo
* to wish to put in or lay on
* to wish to give or present
* to wish to gain, strive after
* to bid defiance

#### Derived terms

* अतिविधत्ते (atividhatte, “over-distribute”)
* अन्तराधत्ते (antarādhatte, “distribute”)
* अन्तर्धत्ते (antardhatte, “receive within”)
* अभिदधाति (abhidadhāti, “cover”)
* अभ्युपदधाति (abhyupadadhāti, “place upon”)
* आदधाति (ādadhāti, “deposit”)
* उन्निधत्ते (unnidhatte, “hold above”)
* उपदधाति (upadadhāti, “lay”)
* उपनिदधाति (upanidadhāti, “set down”)
* उपसंदधाति (upasaṃdadhāti, “add”)
* उपसमादधाति (upasamādadhāti, “add”)
* उपादधाति (upādadhāti, “put on”)
* तिरोदधाति (tirodadhāti, “set aside”)
* निदधाति (nidadhāti, “lay”)
* निरादधाति (nirādadhāti, “take away”)
* निर्दधाति (nirdadhāti, “take or find out”)
* परिणिदधाति (pariṇidadhāti, “place or lay round”)
* परिदधाति (paridadhāti, “put on, wear”)
* पर्यादधाति (paryādadhāti, “surround”)
* पुरोदधाति (purodadhāti, “appoint”)
* प्रणिदधाति (praṇidadhāti, “place in front”)
* प्रतिदधाति (pratidadhāti, “place in back”)
* प्रतिनिदधाति (pratinidadhāti, “substitute”)
* प्रतिविदधाति (pratividadhāti, “dispose”)
* प्रतिसंदधाति (pratisaṃdadhāti, “rearrange”)
* प्रतिसमादधाति (pratisamādadhāti, “replace”)
* प्रत्यभिदधाति (pratyabhidadhāti, “reabsorb”)
* प्रत्यवदधाति (pratyavadadhāti, “cover”)
* प्रत्युपदधाति (pratyupadadhāti, “divide”)
* प्रत्युपाधत्ते (pratyupādhatte, “regain”)
* प्रधत्ते (pradhatte, “offer”)
* प्रसंदधाति (prasaṃdadhāti, “fix”)
* विदधाति (vidadhāti, “distribute”)
* विनिदधाति (vinidadhāti, “distribute”)
* विपरिधत्ते (viparidhatte, “exchange”)
* व्यवदधाति (vyavadadhāti, “place apart”)
* श्रद्दधाति (śraddadhāti, “believe”)
* संदधाति (saṃdadhāti, “fasten”)
* संनिदधाति (saṃnidadhāti, “collect”)
* संविदधाति (saṃvidadhāti, “dispose”)
* समभिदधाति (samabhidadhāti, “address”)
* समभिसंदधाति (samabhisaṃdadhāti, “place into”)
* समवदधाति (samavadadhāti, “put together”)
* समादधाति (samādadhāti, “put together”)
* समुपदधाति (samupadadhāti, “construct”)
* सम्प्रणिदधाति (sampraṇidadhāti, “leave behind”)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: dyek
* Pali: dahati

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 786

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “दधाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 513.