दुहितृ

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See also: दहातु and दहति

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Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-?
    Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā
    Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰitā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuǰʰitā, from an earlier *dʰúgʰHtā (“daughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭 (dugədar), Persian دختر (doxtar), Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), English daughter.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    दुहितृ • (duhitṛ́) stem, f (root दुह्)

    1. daughter
      Synonym: पुत्री (putrī́)
      • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.30.22:
        त्वं त्येभि॒र् आ ग॑हि॒ वाजे॑भिर् दुहितर् दिवः।
        अ॒स्मे र॒यिं नि धा॑रय॥
        tváṃ tyébhir ā́ gahi vā́jebhir duhitar divaḥ.
        asmé rayíṃ ní dhāraya.
        Daughter of heaven, approach with these viands, and perpetuate our wealth

    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

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    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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