दुहितृ

दुहितृ

See also: दहातु and दहति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰúźʰitā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúǰʰitā ~ dʰugʰdʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭‎ (dugǝdar-), Persian دختر‎ (doxtar), Old Armenian դուստր (dustr), Old Prussian duckti, Old Church Slavonic дъщи (dŭšti), Mycenaean Greek 𐀶𐀏𐀳 (tu-ka-te) (Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar), Old English dohtor (whence English daughter).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ú.ɦi.t̪r̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪u.ɦi.t̪r̩/

Noun

दुहितृ • (dúhitṛ) f

1. daughter

   Synonym: पुत्री (putrī́)

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of दुहितृ (dúhitṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दुहिता dúhitā	दुहितरौ / दुहितरा¹ dúhitarau / dúhitarā¹	दुहितरः dúhitaraḥ
Vocative	दुहितः dúhitaḥ	दुहितरौ / दुहितरा¹ dúhitarau / dúhitarā¹	दुहितरः dúhitaraḥ
Accusative	दुहितरम् dúhitaram	दुहितरौ / दुहितरा¹ dúhitarau / dúhitarā¹	दुहितॄः dúhitṝḥ
Instrumental	दुहित्रा dúhitrā	दुहितृभ्याम् dúhitṛbhyām	दुहितृभिः dúhitṛbhiḥ
Dative	दुहित्रे dúhitre	दुहितृभ्याम् dúhitṛbhyām	दुहितृभ्यः dúhitṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	दुहितुः dúhituḥ	दुहितृभ्याम् dúhitṛbhyām	दुहितृभ्यः dúhitṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	दुहितुः dúhituḥ	दुहित्रोः dúhitroḥ	दुहितॄणाम् dúhitṝṇām
Locative	दुहितरि dúhitari	दुहित्रोः dúhitroḥ	दुहितृषु dúhitṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic: *dúhitā
  • Kalasha: čhu
• Helu: [Term?]
  • Sinhalese: දුව (duva)
• → Hindi: दुहितृ (duhitŕ)
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: জী (zi), ঝীয়া (zhia)
  • Oriya: ଝିଅ (jhiô)
  • Rohingya: zí
  • Sylheti: ꠏꠤ (zí)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)
  • Old Marathi: धुवा (dhuvā)
• Pali: duhitā, dhītar, dhītā
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀻𑀤𑀸 (dhīdā)
  • Hindi: धिया (dhiyā)
  • Punjabi: ਧੀ (dhī)
• → Telugu: దుహిత (duhita)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दुहितृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0489.