दम्

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dám from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”). Cognate with Russian дом (dom), Ancient Greek δῶ (dô), Latin domus, English timber.

Noun

दम् • (dám) stem, n

  1. a house
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.46.7:
      अस्याजरासो दमामरित्रा अर्चद्धूमासो अग्नयः पावकाः।
      asyājarāso damāmaritrā arcaddhūmāso agnayaḥ pāvakāḥ.
      His are the fires, eternal, purifying, that make the houses move, whose smoke is shining
Declension
Neuter root-stem declension of दम् (dám)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दन्
dán		 दमी
damī́		 दमि
dámi
Vocative दन्
dán		 दमी
dámī		 दमि
dámi
Accusative दन्
dán		 दमी
damī́		 दमि
dámi
Instrumental दमा
damā́		 दन्भ्याम्
danbhyā́m		 दन्भिः
danbhíḥ
Dative दमे
damé		 दन्भ्याम्
danbhyā́m		 दन्भ्यः
danbhyáḥ
Ablative दमः
damáḥ		 दन्भ्याम्
danbhyā́m		 दन्भ्यः
danbhyáḥ
Genitive दमः
damáḥ		 दमोः
damóḥ		 दमाम्
damā́m
Locative दमि
damí		 दमोः
damóḥ		 दन्सु
dansú

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”)

Root

दम् • (dam)

  1. to tame, to domesticate
Derived terms
  • दान्त (dāntá, “tamed, broken in, restrained, subdued”)
    • दम (dáma, “taming, subduing”)
    • दमन (damana, “taming, subduing”)
    • दमितृ (damitṛ́, “tamer”)
    • दम्य (damya, “tameable; a young bullock to be tamed”)
    • दान्ति (dānti, “self-restraint, patience”)
    • दाम्यति (dā́myati, “to tame”)

References
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