दुहितृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
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  • ᬤᬸᬳᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúǰʰitā ~ dʰugʰdʰā (“daughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭‎ (dugədar), Persian دختر‎ (doxtar), Old Armenian դուստր (dustr), Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), Mycenaean Greek 𐀶𐀏𐀳 (tu-ka-te), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar), English daughter.

Pronunciation

Noun

दुहितृ • (duhitṛ́) f

  1. daughter
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.30.22:
      त्वं त्येभिरा गहि वाजेभिर्दुहितर्दिवः ।
      अस्मे रयिं नि धारय ॥
      tvaṃ tyebhirā gahi vājebhirduhitardivaḥ .
      asme rayiṃ ni dhāraya .
      Hither, O Daughter of the Sky, come thou with thy energies,
      And send riches down to us.
    Synonym: पुत्री (putrī́)

Declension
Feminine ṛ-stem declension of दुहितृ (duhitṛ́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दुहिता
duhitā́		 दुहितरौ / दुहितरा¹
duhitárau / duhitárā¹		 दुहितरः
duhitáraḥ
Vocative दुहितः
dúhitaḥ		 दुहितरौ / दुहितरा¹
dúhitarau / dúhitarā¹		 दुहितरः
dúhitaraḥ
Accusative दुहितरम्
duhitáram		 दुहितरौ / दुहितरा¹
duhitárau / duhitárā¹		 दुहितॄः
duhitṝ́ḥ
Instrumental दुहित्रा
duhitrā́		 दुहितृभ्याम्
duhitṛ́bhyām		 दुहितृभिः
duhitṛ́bhiḥ
Dative दुहित्रे
duhitré		 दुहितृभ्याम्
duhitṛ́bhyām		 दुहितृभ्यः
duhitṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative दुहितुः
duhitúḥ		 दुहितृभ्याम्
duhitṛ́bhyām		 दुहितृभ्यः
duhitṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive दुहितुः
duhitúḥ		 दुहित्रोः
duhitróḥ		 दुहितॄणाम्
duhitṝṇā́m
Locative दुहितरि
duhitári		 दुहित्रोः
duhitróḥ		 दुहितृषु
duhitṛ́ṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Kalasha: čhu
  • Gandhari: 𐨢𐨁𐨡‎ (dhida)
  • Niya Prakrit: 𐨢𐨁𐨟𐨂‎ (dhitu)
  • Helu:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Pali: duhitā, dhītar, dhītā
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀻𑀤𑀸 (dhīdā)
    • Hindi: धिया (dhiyā)
    • Kachchi: ધી (dhī)
  • → Bengali: দুহিতা (duhita)
  • → Hindi: दुहितृ (duhitŕ)
  • → Telugu: దుహిత (duhita)

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
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