दीव्

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *diHw- ~ *dyuH- (“to endeavour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬛𐬍𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬍‎ (ādīuuiieⁱṇtī, “to endeavour”), Ossetian ӕндеун (ændewn), ӕндиуын (ændiwyn, “to dare”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /díːʋ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪iːʋ/

दीव् • (dī́v) f

1. gambling, game of dice
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.85.8:

     कितवासो यद्रिरिपुर्न दीवि यद्वा घा सत्यमुत यन्न विद्म ।
     सर्वा ता वि ष्य शिथिरेव देवाधा ते स्याम वरुण प्रियासः ॥

     kitavāso yadriripurna dīvi yadvā ghā satyamuta yanna vidma .
     sarvā tā vi ṣya śithireva devādhā te syāma varuṇa priyāsaḥ .

     If we, as gamesters cheat at play, have cheated, done wrong unwittingly or sinned of purpose,
     Cast all these sins away like loosened fetters, and, Varuṇa let us be thine own beloved.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

• द्यूत (dyūta)