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dhāreyya

dhāreti

opt 3rd sg of dhāreti (verb)

1. holds up; holds out; lit. carries
2. carries; bears
3. bears in mind; keeps in mind; remembers (something about); lit. carries
4. owes (a debt) (to); lit. carries
5. wears; dresses (in); lit. carries
6. considers; accepts (something as); lit. carries

Built from

• dhāre — stem · hold, bear, carry
  The verb stem (present/future system) from √dhṛ. The -ya- in dhāreyya belongs to the optative formation, not the root.
• yya — ending · optative marker 3rd sg
  Optative ending; expresses a wish or potential action ('may hold', 'would hold'). In this form it attaches to the thematic vowel of the present stem.

Etymology. √dhṛ 'to hold, bear' (Sanskrit dhṛnoti, dhārayati; English 'dare' as 'venture to hold/grasp'; Latin durus 'hard, steadfast'; Greek tharsein 'to be bold', thronos 'seat/throne' as 'something held firm'). The sense 'carry' is concrete; 'hold in mind' and 'remember' develop from the metaphor of mental holding; 'owe' preserves the literal sense of 'bearing' a burden.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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