दोह

See also: दोहा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• দোহ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᭀᬳ (Balinese script)
• দোহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰺𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေါဟ (Burmese script)
• દોહ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੋਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍋𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂷𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ದೋಹ (Kannada script)
• ទោហ (Khmer script)
• ໂທຫ (Lao script)
• ദോഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘻𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧜𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑀𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଦୋହ (Odia script)
• ꢣꣂꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆾𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖺𑖮 (Siddham script)
• දොහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩕𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚴𑚩 (Takri script)
• தே³ாஹ (Tamil script)
• దోహ (Telugu script)
• โทห (Thai script)
• དོ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒼𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨆𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root दुह् (duh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́w.ɦɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪oː.ɦɐ/

Noun

दोह • (dóha) stem, m (root दुह्)

1. milk
2. a milk pail
3. a fruitful enterprise
4. the act of milking

   Synonym: दोहस् (dohas)

   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.23:

     गुरोः सदारस्य निपीड्य पादौ समाप्य सांध्यं च विधिं दिलीपः।
     दोहावसाने पुनरेव दोग्ध्रीं भेजे भुजोच्छिन्नरिपुर्निषण्णाम्

     guroḥ sadārasya nipīḍya pādau samāpya sāṃdhyaṃ ca vidhiṃ dilīpaḥ.
     dohāvasāne punareva dogdhrīṃ bheje bhujocchinnaripurniṣaṇṇām

     revering both mentor and wife and (yet) completing sacred ordainments before twilight
     Dilipa, he who quashed with strength enemies, anew devoted himself, sitting, to the milking of the milch cow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दोह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दोहः (dóhaḥ)	दोहौ (dóhau) दोहा¹ (dóhā¹)	दोहाः (dóhāḥ) दोहासः¹ (dóhāsaḥ¹)
vocative	दोह (dóha)	दोहौ (dóhau) दोहा¹ (dóhā¹)	दोहाः (dóhāḥ) दोहासः¹ (dóhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	दोहम् (dóham)	दोहौ (dóhau) दोहा¹ (dóhā¹)	दोहान् (dóhān)
instrumental	दोहेन (dóhena)	दोहाभ्याम् (dóhābhyām)	दोहैः (dóhaiḥ) दोहेभिः¹ (dóhebhiḥ¹)
dative	दोहाय (dóhāya)	दोहाभ्याम् (dóhābhyām)	दोहेभ्यः (dóhebhyaḥ)
ablative	दोहात् (dóhāt)	दोहाभ्याम् (dóhābhyām)	दोहेभ्यः (dóhebhyaḥ)
genitive	दोहस्य (dóhasya)	दोहयोः (dóhayoḥ)	दोहानाम् (dóhānām)
locative	दोहे (dóhe)	दोहयोः (dóhayoḥ)	दोहेषु (dóheṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• दोहज (dohaja, “produced by milking”)
• दोहन (dohana, “giving milk, yielding profit”)

Descendants

• Hindi: दोहन (dohan, “exploitation”)
• → Tamil: தோகம் (tōkam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दोह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 499.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dṓha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press