द्वेष्टि

Sanskrit

Etymology

Akin to Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬈𐬱-‎ (duuaeš-, “to hate”), Middle Persian byš (bēš, “pain, misfortune”), Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible”), δείδω (deídō, “I fear”) and δέος (déos, “fear”), Latin dīrus (“fearful”), Old Armenian երկնչիմ (erknčʿim, “to fear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwey-.

Verb

द्वेष्टि • (dvéṣṭi) (root √dviṣ, class-2 P., Ā.)

  1. to hate, show hatred against (+ accusative; rarely dative or genitive), to be hostile or unfriendly (RV., AV., ŚBr., Mn., MBh., Kāv. etc.)
  2. to be a rival or a match for (Kāvya7d. II, 61)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0506
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