दिव्

The sense 'to shine' from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-, see further द्यु (dyu). The sense 'to play, cast a dice' from Proto-Indo-Iranian *diHw- ~ *dyuH- (“to endeavour”), see further दीव् (dīv).

दिव् • (div)

1. to cast, throw (a dice)
2. to gamble
3. to play, sport
4. to shine
5. to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad
6. to sleep
7. to wish for
8. to spread, increase
9. to go

• Verbal derivations:

  दीव्यति (dī́vyati)

  देवितुम् (devitum, infinitive)

  देवित्वा (devitvā), दीव्य (dīvya, gerund)

  दिदेविषति (dideviṣati), दुद्यूषति (dudyūṣati, desiderative)

  दुद्यूषयति (dudyūṣayati, causative of desirerative)

  देदिवीति (dedivīti), देद्येति (dedyeti), देदेति (dedeti, intensive)

  देवितव्य (devitavya, future participle)

• द्यु (dyú)
• दिव (divá)
• दिवन् (divan)
• दिवस (divasa)
• दिव्य (divyá)
• दीव् (dī́v)
• देव (devá)
• देवन (devana)
• देवक (devaka)
• देविन् (devin)
• द्यूत (dyūtá)
• द्युम्न (dyumná)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

दिव् • (div)

1. to cause to lament, to pain
2. to ask, beg
3. to go
4. to suffer pain

• Verbal derivations:

  देवति (devati), देवयति (devayati)

• देवन (devana)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díʋ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪iʋ/

दिव् • (dív) stem, m or f

1. Alternative form of द्यु (dyú)

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• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दिव्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दिव्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press