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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (dwhtl /duxtar/), oblique case of (dwht' /duxt/), from Old Persian *duxçī-, from Proto-Iranian *dúgdā. Cognate with Northern Kurdish dot, Pashto لور (lur).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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duxtar
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Dari reading?
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duxtar
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Iranian reading?
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doxtar
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Tajik reading?
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duxtar
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Noun
Dari
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دختر
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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духтар
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دُخْتَر • (doxtar) (plural دختران (doxtarân) or دخترها (doxtar-hâ))
- daughter
- girl, gal, lass, maid
Inflection
Enclitic-attached forms of دختر (doxtar) (Iranian Persian)
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Basic forms of دختر (doxtar)
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singular
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plural
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bare
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دختر (doxtar)
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دختران (doxtarấn) دخترا △ (doxtarấ)
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definitive direct object
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دختر را (doxtar râ) دختر رو △ (doxtaro)
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دختران را (doxtarấn râ) دخترا رو △ (doxtarấ ro)
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ezâfe
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دختر (doxtar-e)
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دختران (doxtarấn-e) دخترای △ (doxtarấ-ye)
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marked indefinite or relative definite
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دختری (doxtar-i)
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دخترانی (doxtarấn-i) دخترایی △ (doxtarấi)
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△ Colloquial.
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Enclitic-attached forms of دختر (duxtar) (Dari Persian)
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Basic forms of دختر (duxtar)
- (Classical and Dari Persian)
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singular
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plural
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bare
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دختر (duxtar)
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دختران (duxtarā́n)
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definitive direct object
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دختر را (duxtar rā́) دختر ره △ (duxtara)
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دختران را (duxtarā́n rā́) دخترا ره △ (duxtarā́ ra)
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izāfa
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دختر (duxtar-i)
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دختران (duxtarā́n-i) دخترای △ (duxtarā́-yi)
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marked indefinite / relative definite
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دختری (duxtar-ē)
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دخترانی (duxtarā́n-ē) دخترایی △ (duxtarā́-yē)
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△ Colloquial Dari.
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Related terms
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دُخْتَر (duxtar, “daughter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
دُخْتَر • (duxtar) f (Hindi spelling दुख़्तर)
- daughter
- Synonym: بیٹِی (beṭī)
- girl
- Synonym: لَڑْکِی (laṛkī)
Derived terms
References
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دختر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 619
- “دختر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دختر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 507
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دختر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 302
- “دختر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- John Shakespear (1834) “دختر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 844