दुहितृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দুহিতৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬸᬳᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- দুহিতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰲𑰮𑰰𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀼𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဒုဟိတၖ (Burmese script)
- દુહિતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਦੁਹਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍁𑌹𑌿𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦸꦲꦶꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂳𑂯𑂱𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ದುಹಿತೃ (Kannada script)
- ទុហិត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ທຸຫິຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ദുഹിതൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡠᡥᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘳𑘮𑘱𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠤᠾᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧔𑧎𑧒𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐸𑐴𑐶𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଦୁହିତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢸꢲꢶꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆶𑆲𑆴𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖲𑖮𑖰𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- දුහිතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩒𑪂𑩑𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚰𑚩𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
- து³ஹித்ரி (Tamil script)
- దుహితృ (Telugu script)
- ทุหิตฺฤ (Thai script)
- དུ་ཧི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒳𑒯𑒱𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨃𑨱𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuǰʰHtā, from an earlier *dʰúgʰHtā (“daughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭 (dugədar), Persian دختر (doxtar), Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), English daughter.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /du.ɦi.tŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪u.ɦi.t̪r̩/
Noun
दु॒हि॒तृ • (duhitṛ́) stem, f (root दुह्)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दु॒हि॒ता (duhitā́) | दु॒हि॒तरौ॑ (duhitárau) दु॒हि॒तरा॑¹ (duhitárā¹) |
दु॒हि॒तरः॑ (duhitáraḥ) |
| accusative | दु॒हि॒तर॑म् (duhitáram) | दु॒हि॒तरौ॑ (duhitárau) दु॒हि॒तरा॑¹ (duhitárā¹) |
दु॒हि॒तॄः (duhitṝ́ḥ) |
| instrumental | दु॒हि॒त्रा (duhitrā́) | दु॒हि॒तृभ्या॑म् (duhitṛ́bhyām) | दु॒हि॒तृभिः॑ (duhitṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | दु॒हि॒त्रे (duhitré) | दु॒हि॒तृभ्या॑म् (duhitṛ́bhyām) | दु॒हि॒तृभ्यः॑ (duhitṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | दु॒हि॒तुः (duhitúḥ) | दु॒हि॒तृभ्या॑म् (duhitṛ́bhyām) | दु॒हि॒तृभ्यः॑ (duhitṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | दु॒हि॒तुः (duhitúḥ) | दु॒हि॒त्रोः (duhitróḥ) | दु॒हि॒तॄ॒णाम् (duhitṝṇā́m) |
| locative | दु॒हि॒तरि॑ (duhitári) | दु॒हि॒त्रोः (duhitróḥ) | दु॒हि॒तृषु॑ (duhitṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | दुहि॑तः (dúhitaḥ) | दुहि॑तरौ (dúhitarau) दुहि॑तरा¹ (dúhitarā¹) |
दुहि॑तरः (dúhitaraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: čhu
- Gandhari: 𐨢𐨁𐨡 (dhida)
- Niya Prakrit: 𐨢𐨁𐨟𐨂 (dhitu)
- Prakrit: 𑀤𑀼𑀳𑀺𑀆 (duhiā), 𑀥𑀻𑀆 (dhīā), 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā) (see there for further descendants)
- Pali: duhitā, dhītar, dhītā
Borrowed terms
- → Bengali: দুহিতা (duhita)
- → Hindi: दुहितृ (duhitŕ)
- → Telugu: దుహిత (duhita)
- → Malayalam: ദുഹിതാ (duhitā)
- → Kannada: ದುಹಿತೆ (duhite)
References
- “दुहितृ॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 233, column 2.
- Monier Williams (1899), “Duhitṛi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0489, column 2.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 418
