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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 Vedic Sanskrit दुहिता ( duhitā ) , Northern Kurdish dot , Pashto لور ( lur ) , Mazanderani دتر ( deter ) , Baluchi دہت ( duht ) .
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
duxtar
Dari reading?
duxtar
Iranian reading?
doxtar
Tajik reading?
duxtar
Noun
Dari
دختر
Iranian Persian
Tajik
духтар
دُخْتَر • (doxtar ) (plural دختران ( doxtarân ) or دخترها ( doxtar-hâ ) )
daughter
girl , gal , lass , maid
Inflection
Enclitic -attached forms of دختر ( doxtar ) (Iranian Persian)
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.
Enclitic -attached forms of دختر ( duxtar ) (Dari Persian)
Basic forms of دختر ( duxtar )
(Classical and Dari Persian)
singular
plural
bare
دختر (duxtar)
دختران (duxtarā́n)
definitive direct object
دختر را (duxtar rā́) دختر ره △ (duxtara)
دختران را (duxtarā́n rā́) دخترا ره △ (duxtarā́ ra)
izāfa
دختر (duxtar-i)
دختران (duxtarā́n-i) دخترای △ (duxtarā́-yi)
marked indefinite / relative definite
دختری (duxtar-ē)
دخترانی (duxtarā́n-ē) دخترایی △ (duxtarā́-yē)
△ Colloquial Dari.
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Descendants
→ Gujarati:
Arabic script: دُخْتَر ( duxtar )
Gujarati script: દુખ્તર ( dukhtar )
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दुख़्तर ( duxtar )
Urdu: دُخْتَر ( duxtar )
→ Marwari:
Devanagari script: दूखतर ( dūkhtar )
Mahajani script: 𑅥𑅒𑅖𑅣𑅭 ( dukhtr )
→ Sindhi: duxtari
Arabic script: دُخْتَرِ
Devanagari script: दुख़्तरि
Khudawadi script: 𑋏𑋣𑊻𑋩𑋪𑋍𑋙𑋡
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