# देह
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪eːɦ/, [d̪eːʱ]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit देह (deha), from Sanskrit देह (deha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáyȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóyǵʰos (“kneaded, formed”). Cognate with Marathi देह (deh), and more distantly with English dough.

#### Noun

देह • (deh) m or f (Urdu spelling دیہ)
* body
    Synonyms: शरीर (śarīr), तन (tan), बदन (badan)
* person

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ده (dih) or from variant دیه (dīh).

#### Noun

देह • (deh) m or f (Urdu spelling دیہ)
* (rare) village
    Synonyms: गाँव (gā̃v), मौज़ा (mauzā), पिंड (piṇḍ)

##### Derived terms

* देहात (dehāt)

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “देह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “देह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “देह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi देह (deha), from Sanskrit देह (deha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪eɦ/, [d̪e]

### Noun

देह • (deh) m
* (anatomy) body
    Synonyms: शरीर (śarīr), अंग (aṅga), तनू (tanū), काया (kāyā)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “देह”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “देह”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देह (deha).

### Noun

देह • (deha) m
* body

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দেহ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
* দেহ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* ဒေဟ (Burmese script)
* દેહ (Gujarati script)
* ਦੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
* ದೇಹ (Kannada script)
* ទេហ (Khmer script)
* ເທຫ (Lao script)
* ദേഹ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
* ଦେହ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
* දෙහ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
* தே³ஹ (Tamil script)
* దేహ (Telugu script)
* เทห (Thai script)
* དེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰáyȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéyǵʰ-o-s, from *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold, to knead”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza), Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos), English dough, Latin fingō (whence English figure, fiction etc).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐj.ɦɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪eː.ɦɐ/

### Noun

देह • (déha) stem, m or n (root दिह्)
* body
* form, figure, shape
* mass, bulk

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: দেহা (deha) (semi-learned)
* → Bengali: দেহ (deho)
* → Hindi: देह (deh)
* → Kannada: ದೇಹ (dēha)
* → Malayalam: ദേഹം (dēhaṁ)
* → Marathi: देह (deh)
* → Sinhalese: දේහය (dēhaya)
* → Tamil: தேகம் (tēkam)
* → Telugu: దేహము (dēhamu)
* → Urdu: دیہ (deh)