दृढ
Sanskrit
adj
Definitions
- steadfast, firm, rigid
- strong, adamant, staunch
- hefty, sinewy
- resolute, determined, tenacious
- hard-and-fast, dyed-in-the-wool
- difficult to be bent or broken
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dr̥ẓḍʰás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰr̥ždʰás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥ǵʰtós (strong, hard, firm, hardened, tough).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰr̥ǵʰtós
Gloss
strong, hard, firm, hardened, tough
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
硬
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adry English
- drier English
- drieth English
- drily English
- driness English
- drip-dry English
- drought English
- dry English
- dry-foot English
- dry-handed English
- dryable English
- drybag English
- drybrush English
- drydock English
- dryer English
- dryfat English
- drygulcher English
- drying English
- dryish English
- dryland English
- dryline English
- dryly English
- dryness English
- drynurse English
- drypainting English
- drypoint English
- drysalter English
- dryscape English
- dryshod English
- dryside English
- drystack English
- drystone English
- drysuit English
- dryth English
- drywall English
- drywipe English
- fordry English
- overdry English
- redry English
- roughdry English
- semidry English
- spray-dry English
- ultradry English
- undry English
- updry English
- *dʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰr̥ǵʰtós Proto-Indo-European
- दृळ्ह Sanskrit
- drye Middle English
- *dьržati Proto-Slavic
- दृढ़ Hindi
- ไดร์ Thai
- *dʰr̥ždʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- дръжати Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *dr̥ẓḍʰás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *dʰr̥ẓḍʰás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- drai Tok Pisin
- draiwara Tok Pisin
- ದೃಢ Kannada
- drei Sranan Tongo
- 𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨝 Ashokan Prakrit
- 𑀤𑀠 Ashokan Prakrit
- 𑀤𑀺𑀠 Ashokan Prakrit
- dly Chinook Jargon