इध्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• इन्ध् (indh)

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ইধ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ইধ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဣဓ် (Burmese script)
• ઇધ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಧ್ (Kannada script)
• ឥធ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອິຘ຺ (Lao script)
• ഇധ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᢡ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଇଧ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඉධ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
• இத்⁴ (Tamil script)
• ఇధ్ (Telugu script)
• อิธฺ (Thai script)
• ཨི་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Haydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō, “I kindle, burn”), Latin aestus (“heat, fire”), Old Irish áed (“fire”), Old English ād (“pyre”), āl (“fire”).

Root

इध् • (idh)

1. to kindle

Derived terms

• अग्नीध् (agnī́dh, “the priest who kindles the fire”)
• इद्ध (iddhá, “kindled, alight”)
• इध्म (idhmá, “fuel”)
• इन्द्धे (inddhé, “he kindles”)
• इन्ध (índha, “lighting, kindling”)
• इन्धन (indhana, “kindling, lighting”)
• इन्धित (indhita, “inflamed, kindled”)
• एध (édha, “fuel”)
• एधस् (édhas, “fuel”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 167.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 8