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Phalura
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr? Phalura dhií
Inherited from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr, possibly from *dʰewgʰ- + *-tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
dhií f (Perso-Arabic spelling دھی)
- daughter
Declension
Liljegren supplies dhiá with vowel shortening for the oblique singular nominative plural, but also specifies a-declension (not irregular) as the class.
| Declension of dhií (a-decl ending in -í or -ú)
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singular
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plural
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dhií
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dhiiá
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| oblique
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dhií
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dhiióom
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Derived terms
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “dhií”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “duhitŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 370