दोग्धृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দোগ্ধৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᭀᬕ᭄ᬥᬺ (Balinese script)
• দোগ্ধৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰺𑰐𑰿𑰠𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁄𑀕𑁆𑀥𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေါဂ္ဓၖ (Burmese script)
• દોગ્ધૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੋਗ੍ਧ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍋𑌗𑍍𑌧𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦴꦒ꧀ꦣꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂷𑂏𑂹𑂡𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ದೋಗ್ಧೃ (Kannada script)
• ទោគ្ធ្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ໂທຄ຺ຘ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ദോഗ്ധൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᡤᢡᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘻𑘐𑘿𑘠𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠣᠸᠠᠺᢑᠾᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧜𑦰𑧠𑧀𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑀𑐐𑑂𑐢𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଦୋଗ୍ଧୃ (Odia script)
• ꢣꣂꢔ꣄ꢤꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆾𑆓𑇀𑆣𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖺𑖐𑖿𑖠𑖴 (Siddham script)
• දොග්‍ධෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩕𑩞 𑪙𑩮𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚴𑚌𑚶𑚜 (Takri script)
• தே³ாக்³த்⁴ரி (Tamil script)
• దోగ్ధృ (Telugu script)
• โทคฺธฺฤ (Thai script)
• དོ་གྡྷྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒼𑒑𑓂𑒡𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨆𑨍𑩇𑨜𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-tḗr, from the root *dʰewgʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐwɡ.dʱŕ̩/, [dɐwɡ̚.dʱŕ̩]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪oːɡ.d̪ʱr̩/, [d̪oːɡ̚.d̪ʱr̩]

Noun

दोग्धृ • (dogdhṛ́) stem, m (feminine दोग्ध्री, root दुह्)

1. one who milks; a milker
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 10.10.5:

     शतं कंसाः शतं दोग्धारः शतं गोप्तारो अधि पृष्ठे अस्याः ।

     śataṃ kaṃsāḥ śataṃ dogdhāraḥ śataṃ goptāro adhi pṛṣṭhe asyāḥ.

     Upon her (the Divine Cow's) back there are a hundred protectors, a hundred metal bowls, a hundred milkers.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of दोग्धृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दोग्धा (dogdhā́)	दोग्धारौ (dogdhā́rau) दोग्धारा¹ (dogdhā́rā¹)	दोग्धारः (dogdhā́raḥ)
vocative	दोग्धः (dógdhaḥ)	दोग्धारौ (dógdhārau) दोग्धारा¹ (dógdhārā¹)	दोग्धारः (dógdhāraḥ)
accusative	दोग्धारम् (dogdhā́ram)	दोग्धारौ (dogdhā́rau) दोग्धारा¹ (dogdhā́rā¹)	दोग्धॄन् (dogdhṝ́n)
instrumental	दोग्ध्रा (dogdhrā́)	दोग्धृभ्याम् (dogdhṛ́bhyām)	दोग्धृभिः (dogdhṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	दोग्ध्रे (dogdhré)	दोग्धृभ्याम् (dogdhṛ́bhyām)	दोग्धृभ्यः (dogdhṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	दोग्धुः (dogdhúḥ)	दोग्धृभ्याम् (dogdhṛ́bhyām)	दोग्धृभ्यः (dogdhṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	दोग्धुः (dogdhúḥ)	दोग्ध्रोः (dogdhróḥ)	दोग्धॄणाम् (dogdhṝṇā́m)
locative	दोग्धरि (dogdhári)	दोग्ध्रोः (dogdhróḥ)	दोग्धृषु (dogdhṛ́ṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• दोग्धि (dogdhi)
• दुग्ध (dugdha)
• दोहस् (dohas)

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindi: दोध (dodh, “cowherd”)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabic:
    • Awankari: دودھی (dodhī)
    • Lahnda: ڈودھی (ḍ̠odhī)
  • Sindhic:
    • Sindhi: ڏوڌيِ (ḍ̠odhī, “milk seller”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दोग्धृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498, column 1.