दोष

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪oːʂ/,

Noun

दोष • (doṣ) m (Urdu spelling دوش)

  1. fault
    यह उसका दोष नहीं है। ― yah uskā doṣ nahī̃ hai. ― It is not his fault.
    मेरी माँ ने मेरे काम में दोष निकाला।
    merī mā̃ ne mere kām mẽ doṣ nikālā.
    Mother found fault with my work.
  2. blame
    नौकर ने भूल का दोष स्वीकार किया।
    naukar ne bhūl kā doṣ svīkār kiyā.
    The servant took the blame for the mistake.
  3. defect, flaw
    मोटर में कोई दोष है। ― moṭar mẽ koī doṣ hai. ― There is some defect in the motor.

Declension

Declension of दोष (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दोष
doṣ 		दोष
doṣ
oblique दोष
doṣ 		दोषों
doṣõ
vocative दोष
doṣ 		दोषो
doṣo

Synonyms

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दोष”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáwṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwšas, from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to miss, lack, fail, lag, be behind”). Cognate with English tire and Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

दोष • (dóṣa) stem, m

  1. fault, deficiency
  2. vice
  3. blame
  4. damage
  5. mistake

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दोष (dóṣa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दोषः
dóṣaḥ 		दोषौ / दोषा¹
dóṣau / dóṣā¹ 		दोषाः / दोषासः¹
dóṣāḥ / dóṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative दोष
dóṣa 		दोषौ / दोषा¹
dóṣau / dóṣā¹ 		दोषाः / दोषासः¹
dóṣāḥ / dóṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative दोषम्
dóṣam 		दोषौ / दोषा¹
dóṣau / dóṣā¹ 		दोषान्
dóṣān
Instrumental दोषेण
dóṣeṇa 		दोषाभ्याम्
dóṣābhyām 		दोषैः / दोषेभिः¹
dóṣaiḥ / dóṣebhiḥ¹
Dative दोषाय
dóṣāya 		दोषाभ्याम्
dóṣābhyām 		दोषेभ्यः
dóṣebhyaḥ
Ablative दोषात्
dóṣāt 		दोषाभ्याम्
dóṣābhyām 		दोषेभ्यः
dóṣebhyaḥ
Genitive दोषस्य
dóṣasya 		दोषयोः
dóṣayoḥ 		दोषाणाम्
dóṣāṇām
Locative दोषे
dóṣe 		दोषयोः
dóṣayoḥ 		दोषेषु
dóṣeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dos·”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 179
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DOṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 749

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