दुहितृ

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See also: दहातु and दहति

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Etymology

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

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuǰʰHtā, 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
    singular dual plural
    nominative दुहिता (duhitā́) दुहितरौ (duhitárau)
    दुहितरा¹ (duhitárā¹)     		दुहितरः (duhitáraḥ)
    vocative दुहितः (dúhitaḥ) दुहितरौ (dúhitarau)
    दुहितरा¹ (dúhitarā¹)     		दुहितरः (dúhitaraḥ)
    accusative दुहितरम् (duhitáram) दुहितरौ (duhitárau)
    दुहितरा¹ (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)
    • 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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