दुहितृ

See also: दहातु and दहति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দুহিতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬸᬳᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• দুহিতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰲𑰮𑰰𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀼𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဒုဟိတၖ (Burmese script)
• દુહિતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੁਹਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍁𑌹𑌿𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦸꦲꦶꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂳𑂯𑂱𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ದುಹಿತೃ (Kannada script)
• ទុហិត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ທຸຫິຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ദുഹിതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᡥᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘳𑘮𑘱𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᠾᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧔𑧎𑧒𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐸𑐴𑐶𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଦୁହିତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢸꢲꢶꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆶𑆲𑆴𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖲𑖮𑖰𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• දුහිතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑪂𑩑𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚰𑚩𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
• து³ஹித்ரி (Tamil script)
• దుహితృ (Telugu script)
• ทุหิตฺฤ (Thai script)
• དུ་ཧི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒳𑒯𑒱𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨱𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dú.ɦi.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪u.ɦi.t̪r̩/

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

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: čhu
• Gandhari: 𐨢𐨁𐨡 (dhida)
• Niya Prakrit: 𐨢𐨁𐨟𐨂 (dhitu)
• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀼𑀳𑀺𑀆 (duhiā), 𑀥𑀻𑀆 (dhīā), 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā) (see there for further descendants)
• Pali: duhitā, dhītar, dhītā

Borrowed terms

• → Bengali: দুহিতা (duhita)
• → Hindi: दुहितृ (duhitŕ)
• → Telugu: దుహిత (duhita)
• → Malayalam: ദുഹിതാ (duhitā)
• → Kannada: ದುಹಿತೆ (duhite)

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