धाव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ধাৱ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬥᬵᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ধাব্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰠𑰯𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀥𑀸𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဓာဝ် (Burmese script)
  • ધાવ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਧਾਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌧𑌾𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦣꦴꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂡𑂰𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಧಾವ್ (Kannada script)
  • ធាវ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຘາວ຺ (Lao script)
  • ധാവ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘠𑘰𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠸ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧀𑧑𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐢𑐵𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଧାଵ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢤꢵꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆣𑆳𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖠𑖯𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ධාව් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩮𑩛𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚜𑚭𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
  • த⁴ாவ் (Tamil script)
  • ధావ్ (Telugu script)
  • ธาวฺ (Thai script)
  • དྷཱ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒡𑒰𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨜𑨊𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰā́w, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰā́w, from *dʰew- (“to run, flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέω (théō), Persian دویدن (davidan).

Pronunciation

Root

धाव् • (dhāv)

  1. to run, flow, stream, move, glide, swim
  2. to run after
  3. to run towards
  4. to run to and fro
  5. to run away, flee
  6. to advance or rush against

Derived terms

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “धाव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516/1.
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  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 789-790
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