धा

From Sanskrit दश (daśa), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Compare Marathi दहा (dahā) and Hindi दस (das).

धा • (dhā) (Latin script dha, Kannada script ಧಾ)

1. ten

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “that which is put down”), Proto-Hellenic *tʰétis (“a placement, arrangement”) whence Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis); Latin faciō (“make, do”) whence English fact, factory etc; English do, deed, deem, doom.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑː/

धा • (dhā)

1. to put, place, set, lay in or on
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.121.1:

     हि॒र॒ण्य॒ग॒र्भः सम॑वर्त॒ताग्रे॑ भू॒तस्य॑ जा॒तः पति॒रेक॑ आसीत्।
     स दा॑धार पृथि॒वीं द्यामु॒तेमां कस्मै॑ दे॒वाय॑ ह॒विषा॑ विधेम॥

     hiraṇyagarbháḥ sámavartatā́gre bhūtásya jātáḥ pátiréka āsīt.
     sá dādhāra pṛthivī́ṃ dyā́mutémā́ṃ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema.

     Hiraṇyagarbha was present at the beginning; when born, he was the sole lord of created beings; he upheld this earth and heaven-- let us offer worship with an oblation to the divine.

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• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “धा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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