ध्यै

• ध्या (dhyā)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰyaH- (“to see”), and cognate with Persian دیدن (didan, “to see, look”). The origin of the root is uncertain, but may derive further from Proto-Indo-European *dʰyeh₂- (“to see”) and thus be cognate with Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, token”) and Albanian di (“knows”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱjɑːj/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱjɑj/

ध्यै • (dhyai)

1. to think of, imagine, contemplate, meditate on, call to mind, recollect
2. to brood mischief against
3. to be thoughtful or meditative (alone)
4. (of an animal) to let the head hang down
5. to be thought of

• Monier Williams (1899) “ध्यै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 85
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 777-778; 798
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1323