دختر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwhtl /duxtar/), oblique case of [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwht' /duxt/), from Old Persian *𐎯𐎧𐏂𐎡 (*duxçī-), from Proto-Iranian *dugdā (compare Northern Kurdish dot, Pashto لور‎ (lur), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭-‎ (dugədar-)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰugʰdʰā (compare Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from *dʰuǰʰitr-), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (compare Armenian դուստր (dustr), Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), Lithuanian duktė, Russian дочь (dočʹ), English daughter, German Tochter).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /duxtaɾ/

  • (dialectal, Isfahan, Hamadan) IPA(key): /doxˈtʰeɾ/ or IPA(key): /doxˈdeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

دختر • (doxtar) (plural دختران‎ (doxtarân) or دخترها‎ (doxtar-hâ))

  1. daughter
  2. girl, gal, lass, maid

Inflection
    Basic forms of دختر (doxtar)
singular plural
bare دختر
(doxtar)		 دختران
(doxtarấn)
دخترا △
(doxtarấ)
definitive direct object دختر را
(doxtar râ)
دختر رو △
(doxtaro)		 دختران را
(doxtarấn râ)
دخترا رو △
(doxtarấ ro)
ezâfe دختر
(doxtar-e)		 دختران
(doxtarấn-e)
دخترای △
(doxtarấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 دختری
(doxtar-i)		 دخترانی
(doxtarấn-i)
دخترایی △
(doxtarấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of دختر (doxtar)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)		 دخترم‎
(doxtaram)		 دخترانم‎
(doxtarấnam)
دخترام‎ △
(doxtarấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)		 دخترت‎
(doxtarat)
[Term?] △
(doxtaret)		 دخترانت‎
(doxtarấnat)
دخترات‎ △
(doxtarất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)		 دخترش‎
(doxtaraš)
[Term?] △
(doxtareš)		 دخترانش‎
(doxtarấnaš)
دختراش‎ △
(doxtarấš)
1st plural
(“our”)		 دخترمان‎
(doxtaremân)
دخترمون‎ △
(doxtaremun)		 دخترانمان‎
(doxtarấnemân)
دخترامون‎ △
(doxtarấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)		 دخترتان‎
(doxtaretân)
دخترتون‎ △
(doxtaretun)		 دخترانتان‎
(doxtarấnetân)
دختراتون‎ △
(doxtarấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)		 دخترشان‎
(doxtarešân)
دخترشون‎ △
(doxtarešun)		 دخترانشان‎
(doxtarấnešân)
دختراشون‎ △
(doxtarấšun)
△ Colloquial.

Descendants
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: दुख़्तर (duxtar)
    Urdu: دختر‎ (duxtar)

Urdu

Etymology
PIE word
*dʰugh₂tḗr

Borrowed from Classical Persian دختر‎ (duxtar, “daughter”).

Pronunciation

Noun

دُخْتَر • (duxtar) f (Hindi spelling दुख़्तर)

  1. daughter
    Synonym: بیٹی‎ (beṭī)
  2. girl
    Synonym: لڑکی‎ (laṛkī)

Derived terms
  • دُختَرَک‎ (duxtarak, “little girl”)
  • دُختَری‎ (duxtarī, “maidenhood; virginity”)
  • دُختَرِ خانَہ‎ (duxtar-e-xāna, “unmarried girl”, literally “daughter of the house”)
  • دُختَرِ رَبِیبَہ‎ (duxtar-e-rabība, “stepdaughter”)
  • دُختَرِ عِنَب‎ (duxtar-e-'inab, “grape wine”, literally “daughter of grapes”)

References
  • “دختر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دختر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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