1. dähi-
dähi- f. Adj. zum Däher-Volk gehörig (= ved. däsi-), däyham.N. pr. (Mh, AirN 1/35), dahäka- m. Name eines Drachens (Y 9,8 [usw.] dahäkam... Orikamaradam x$uuas.afim — RV 10,99,6 däsam...sadaksdm trisirsänam;, Lit. bei Mh, AirN 1/34), ap. dahä m. plur. ‘die dahischen, Name einer Provinz des Perserreiches’, in der elam. NÜ *däha- N. pr. (HinzKoch 263), s. auch den Volksnamen der 'skythischen’ Dahae, A&cı u.a. (KEWA II … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. dähi-, p. 777]
2. دَه
1. dah cl. 1. P. dahati ( ep. also Ā. ; p. dahat; impf. adahat; aor. adhāk, RV. ii, 15, 4 ; 1. sg. kṣam, MBh. vii ; 3. pl. kṣur, Kathās. ; Subj. dhāk, RV. i, 158, 4 ; 2. sg. dhakṣi, iv, 4, 4 ; p. dhakṣat [also nom. m. ], vi, 3, 4 ; x, 91, 7 dakṣat, i, 130, 8 ; fut. dhakṣyati [ Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10 ; Siddh. ; Kār. 6 ] MBh. [ Pot. dhakṣyet, i, 8383 ] &c.; dahiṣy, i, 2120 ; BhP. iv ; Prasaṅg. xix, 7 ; inf. dagdhum) to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast, RV. &c.; to cauterise, Suśr. ; to consume, destroy completely, Mn. vii, 9 ; MBh. &c.; to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve, MBh. &c.: Pass. dahyate (ti, MānGṛ. ii, 15 ; MBh. i f. , xii f. ); to be burnt, burn, be in flames, AV. ; Nir. &c.; to be consumed by fire or destroyed, Mn. vi, 71 ; to be inflamed (a wound), Suśr. i, 28 ; to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed, MBh. &c.; Caus. dāhayati to burn or be burned, Mn. ; Yājñ. i, 89 ; MBh. &c.; to cause to be cooked, Hariv. 15523 ( aor. pl. adīdahan) : Desid. didhakṣati ( cf. kṣā, kṣu) to be about to burn or consume or destroy, MBh. i - iv ; R. ( p. kṣamāṇa) : Desid. Caus. ( p. kṣayat) to cause any one to make efforts to burn, Bhaṭṭ. iii, 33 : Intens. dandahīti, hyate ( Pāṇ. iii, 1, 24 ; vii, 4, 86 ) to burn or destroy completely, Hariv. 8726 ; BhP. vi, 8, 21 ( Impv. dagdhi), Śiś. ; Prasannar. vi, 32 and 48 ; Ā. to be burnt completely, Hariv. 7040 ; BhP. ; Pañcat. i, 8, 23/24
3. دَه
2. dah mfn. ‘burning’, see uśa.