[ḍʰīṭ⁽ʰ⁾], adj. insolent, audacious, impudent, pert, obstinate.
[◀MIA: Pk. dhiṭṭha- , dhaṭṭha- ‘bold’ ◀OIA dhr̥ṣṭá- ‘bold, impudent’ RV., pejorative at end of cmpds. Pāṇ. <√dhr̥ṣ ‘be bold’ ◀PIE *dhers- ‘to dare, to venture, to be adroit, daring, bold’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. dare, durst ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0574; (Turner, 1966) 6875, p.393; (MW, 1899) 0519; (Pokorny, 1959) 0259; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.780
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