दुह्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दोघ् (dogh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দুহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬸᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দুহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰲𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀼𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒုဟ် (Burmese script)
• દુહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੁਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍁𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦸꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂳𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದುಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ទុហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທຸຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ദുഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘳𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧔𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐸𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦୁହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢸꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆶𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖲𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දුහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚰𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• து³ஹ் (Tamil script)
• దుహ్ (Telugu script)
• ทุหฺ (Thai script)
• དུ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒳𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰawgʰ- (“to (draw) milk”), traditionally derived further from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to yield, to produce”), and compared with German taugen (“to be fit”), though Cheung and Mayrhofer note that the semantic shifts present in the descendants are nontrivial.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dúɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪uɦ/

Root

दुह् • (duh)

1. to milk, milk out, squeeze out, extract
2. to yield, produce
3. to enjoy, take advantage of

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दुह् (0 c, 14 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दुह् (9 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• दोग्धि (dógdhi, Present)
• दुहति (duhati, Present)
• दुह्यति (duhyati, Present)
• धोक्ष्यति (dhokṣyáti, Future)
• दोग्धा (dogdhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अधुक्षत् (ádhukṣat, Aorist)
• अदुग्ध (ádugdha, Aorist)
• दुह्यात् (duhyā́t, Benedictive)
• दुदोह (dudóha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दुह्यते (duhyáte, Passive)
• अदोहि (ádohi, Passive Aorist)
• दोहयति (doháyati, Causative)
• अदूदुहत् (ádūduhat, Causative Aorist)
• दोह्यते (dohyáte, Passive of Causative)
• दुधुक्षति (dudhukṣati, Desiderative)
• दुदुक्षति (dúdukṣati, Desiderative)
• दोदुह्यते (doduhyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दुग्ध (dugdhá, Past Participle)
• दोग्धुम् (dogdhum, Infinitive)
• दोग्धोस् (dógdhos, Infinitive)
• दोहसे (doháse, Infinitive)
• दुहध्यै (duhádhyai, Infinitive)
• दुग्ध्वा (dugdhvā́, Gerund)
• दोह्य (dóhya, Gerundive)
• दोग्धव्य (dogdhavya, Gerundive)
• दोहनीय (dohanīya, Gerundive)
• दुधुक्षु (dudhukṣu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• दुघ (dúgha)
• दुहितृ (duhitṛ́)
• दोह (dóha)
• दुह् (dúh)
• दोघ (dógha)
• दोग्धृ (dogdhṛ́)
• दोग्ध्र (dogdhra)
• दोहन (dohana)
• दोहस् (dohas)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अभिदुह् (abhiduh)
• आदुह् (āduh)
• निर्दुह् (nirduh)
• प्रदुह् (praduh)
• संदुह् (saṃduh)

Adjective

दुह् • (dúh) stem (root दुह्)

1. (at the end of a compound) yielding, granting

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of दुह्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धुक् (dhúk)	दुहौ (dúhau) दुहा¹ (dúhā¹)	दुहः (dúhaḥ)
vocative	धुक् (dhúk)	दुहौ (dúhau) दुहा¹ (dúhā¹)	दुहः (dúhaḥ)
accusative	दुहम् (dúham)	दुहौ (dúhau) दुहा¹ (dúhā¹)	दुहः (dúhaḥ)
instrumental	दुहा (duhā́)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भिः (dhugbhíḥ)
dative	दुहे (duhé)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भ्यः (dhugbhyáḥ)
ablative	दुहः (duháḥ)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भ्यः (dhugbhyáḥ)
genitive	दुहः (duháḥ)	दुहोः (duhóḥ)	दुहाम् (duhā́m)
locative	दुहि (duhí)	दुहोः (duhóḥ)	धुक्षु (dhukṣú)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine root-stem declension of दुह्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धुक् (dhúk)	दुहौ (dúhau) दुहा¹ (dúhā¹)	दुहः (dúhaḥ)
vocative	धुक् (dhúk)	दुहौ (dúhau) दुहा¹ (dúhā¹)	दुहः (dúhaḥ)
accusative	दुहम् (dúham)	दुहौ (dúhau) दुहा¹ (dúhā¹)	दुहः (dúhaḥ)
instrumental	दुहा (duhā́)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भिः (dhugbhíḥ)
dative	दुहे (duhé)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भ्यः (dhugbhyáḥ)
ablative	दुहः (duháḥ)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भ्यः (dhugbhyáḥ)
genitive	दुहः (duháḥ)	दुहोः (duhóḥ)	दुहाम् (duhā́m)
locative	दुहि (duhí)	दुहोः (duhóḥ)	धुक्षु (dhukṣú)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter root-stem declension of दुह्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धुक् (dhúk)	दुही (duhī́)	दुंहि (dúṃhi)
vocative	धुक् (dhúk)	दुही (dúhī)	दुंहि (dúṃhi)
accusative	धुक् (dhúk)	दुही (duhī́)	दुंहि (dúṃhi)
instrumental	दुहा (duhā́)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भिः (dhugbhíḥ)
dative	दुहे (duhé)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भ्यः (dhugbhyáḥ)
ablative	दुहः (duháḥ)	धुग्भ्याम् (dhugbhyā́m)	धुग्भ्यः (dhugbhyáḥ)
genitive	दुहः (duháḥ)	दुहोः (duhóḥ)	दुहाम् (duhā́m)
locative	दुहि (duhí)	दुहोः (duhóḥ)	धुक्षु (dhukṣú)

Derived terms

• कामदुह् (kāmaduh)
• गोदुह् (godúh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दुह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 489, columns 1-2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दुह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 76
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “duh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दुह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 369
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 148
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 271